Instructor since 1983 — his forty-fourth season — and one of the two who formed the We Ski Cousins
2010 We Ski Cousins band Dave Elmquist and Jim GoldGeorge Willett Collection
2009 Jim Gold Big Smile On Gun BarrelGeorge Willett Collection
Born
1958
First skied at Showdown
c.1965, on the Kinderhorn rope tow
First worked here
a few weekends in the winter of 1975-76, then teaching from December 1983
Years at Showdown
1983–
Positions
Ski instructor, a few weekends in the winter of 1975-76
Ski instructor from December 1983 — his forty-fourth season in 2026-27
Fully-certified instructor, 1992
Race pace-setter, 1985, 1986 and 1987
With Dave Elmquist, founder of the We Ski Cousins, Showdown's in-house band
What they did
January 1987Set the pace of the Coca-Cola slalom, the day after Phil Mahre ran the same course
Named among the Northern Rockies Division's best instructors, and set to training Showdown's ski school staff
March 1993Won the Belt Creek Headwaters Relay outright with Dave Broquist, Jeff Agamenoni and John Melvin
Forms the We Ski Cousins, the in-house Showdown band, with Dave Elmquist, at Bob's Bar
August 1996The We Ski Cousins play the grand opening of the new Bob's Bar
Pam Gold
She has put in her time at Showdown, and to this day she is one of the best-known people on the hill
1989 Pam Gold 4Frank Ball Collection
Pam Gold, Sue Gold on double chairCharley Willett Collection
Born
First skied at Showdown
First worked here
Years at Showdown
What they did
Plays in Showdown's Skolf tournament, golf on skis, in a pink visor
What they did
2 entries
Jim and Pam marry, having met on the double chair one Wednesday afternoon when the ski-school buses did not come
Donated a night's stay at their Neihart cabin to the auction that housed the snowboard championship field
In their own words
Photographs
67 in the archive
1989 Jim Gold bounces through snowGeorge Willett Collection
1989 Jim Gold in Power 2George Willett Collection
1989 Jim Gold in power and treesGeorge Willett Collection
1989 Kara Phillips and Jim Gold in powderGeorge Willett Collection
1989 Pam Gold and unknown femaleGeorge Willett Collection
1989 Pam Gold playing skolf with unknown person in backGeorge Willett Collection
1989 Pam Gold sunbathing on deck railingGeorge Willett Collection
1989 Jim Gold Jump - Frank Ball PhotoFrank Ball Collection
1989 Jim Gold in powder - Frank Ball Photo1Frank Ball Collection
1989 Jim Gold in powder - Frank Ball Photo2Frank Ball Collection
1989 Jim Gold in powder - Frank Ball Photo3Frank Ball Collection
1989 Jim Gold in powder - Frank Ball Photo4Frank Ball Collection
1989 Jim Gold in powder - Frank Ball Photo5Frank Ball Collection
1989 Jim Gold in powder - Frank Ball Photo6Frank Ball Collection
1989 Kara Phillips and Jim Gold in powder- Frank Ball PhotoFrank Ball Collection
1989 Jim Gold 2Frank Ball Collection
1989 Pam Gold 2Frank Ball Collection
1989 Pam Gold 3Frank Ball Collection
1989 Pam Gold 4Frank Ball Collection
1989 Pam GoldFrank Ball Collection
1996 Jim Gold, Jimmy HoxterDiane Carter Collection
2004 Beth Leatham, Chris Leatham, Baron Noble, Marv Jordan, Pam Gold in barDiane Carter Collection
2004 Jim Hasterlik, Montana Decker, Steven Theisen, Dave Elmquist, Jim Gold — The Lodge DeckDiane Carter Collection
2009 Jim Gold Big Smile On Gun BarrelGeorge Willett Collection
2009 Jim Gold in deep snowGeorge Willett Collection
2009 Nate SchendelGeorge Willett Collection
2010 Jake Parchen, Pam Gold, Don Mendenhall — The BarGeorge Willett Collection
2010 Jim Gold Ski InstructorGeorge Willett Collection
2010 Jim Gold, Pam Gold on top of mountainGeorge Willett Collection
2010 Ski School at top of Triple (payload) Jim Gold, Bodie Morrison, Kelsey Han, Jim Anderson, Bill "Idaho" Trenberth, Molly HoulihanGeorge Willett Collection
2010 We Ski Cousins band Dave Elmquist and Jim GoldGeorge Willett Collection
2011 Jim Gold and Nick Boucher at big air jump laughingGeorge Willett Collection
2011 Jim Gold, Nick Boucher, AJ Koreselin at big air compGeorge Willett Collection
2016 Jim Gold, Dave Broquist, Ann Peterson, Bill "Idaho" Trenberth, Scott Omundson — The base area Facebook Post from 12-24-2016Showdown Facebook Collection
2017 Jim Gold (No mustache) with Ski Patrol mannequinGreat Falls Ski Patrol
2017 Dave Elmquist, Jim Gold, Tony — Bob's Bar — I Heart NeihartDave Elmquist Collection
Pam Gold, Sue Gold on double chairCharley Willett Collection
2023 Alex Rappuhn, Joseph Isenburg, Holly Morris, Jim Gold, Mason Munroe, Ainsley Kubas, Seth Abbott, Luke Jaraczeski, Robby Gliko, Bradley Best, William Gold Facebook Post from 02-20-2023Showdown Facebook Collection
2025 Jim Gold, Christopher Gold — Sluice Box — Banked Slalom Facebook Post from 02-20-2025Showdown Facebook Collection
2025 Avery Gold, Christopher Gold, Aaron Weissman, Jim Gold — Sluice Box — Banked Slalom Facebook Post from 02-20-2025Showdown Facebook Collection
2026 Katie Boedecker, Jim Gold — The Bar — The Showies Facebook Post from 04-08-2026Showdown Facebook Collection
1980s A.J. Buskirk, Scott Mosher, Jim Gold — The mountainGeorge Willett Collection
1990s Belt Creek Headwaters Jim Gold and unknown peopleGeorge Willett Collection
1990s Belt Creek Headwaters Race, Jim Gold on fat leftGeorge Willett Collection
1990s Jim Gold Skiing with big powderGeorge Willett Collection
1990s Jim Gold SkiingGeorge Willett Collection
1990s Jim Gold and Pam Gold in bar laughingGeorge Willett Collection
1990s Jim Gold, Pam Gold and 3 unknown on deckGeorge Willett Collection
Still Going Downhill
