Don Mendenhall

Patroller from 2000, patrol director by 2005, full-time in 2015

Legend of Showdown

Born
First skied at Showdown
First worked here: on the ski patrol by 2000
Years at Showdown
Positions: Ski patrol at Showdown, by 2000
Professional patroller by 2002-03, with Chris Quinn and Stan King
Ski patrol director, 2005–07
One of the patrol's three full-time members, 2015

What they did

7 entries

2000On top of the mountain with the patrol, photographed with Bob Short
2001-02Outside the patrol hut with two fellow patrollers, his name badge on his red patrol vest
December 2002Named on Showdown's own website among its professional patrollers, with Chris Quinn and Stan King, all three returning for the 2002-03 season
February 2005Showdown's ski patrol director, telling the Great Falls Tribune that the patrol's toboggan rides for children had started out as a joke
November 2005Hanging new signs before the 9 December opening, as ski patrol director
January 2007Still patrol director, speaking to the Tribune about Eagle Mount's adaptive skiers at Showdown: for him the best part was the joy in their eyes coming down the mountain
February 2015One of the patrol's three full-time members, beside about fifty-five volunteers; he spoke to the Great Falls Tribune about the signs damaged that week by winds of 95 miles an hour

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