1990s Mel CarnahanGeorge Willett Collection- Born
- 1959
- First skied at Showdown
- 1979
- First worked here
- a Great Falls Ski Patrol trainee in 1986, patroller from 1987
- Years at Showdown
- 1986–
- Positions
- Great Falls Ski Patrol — trainee 1986, patroller from 1987
- Founder and chief of the Boom Crew, from about 2002
- Awards
- Mike Bell Lifetime Service Award, 2017
- National Ski Patrol forty-year service award, 2025-26 season
What they did
1 entry- Obtained a Class B fireworks license, to buy display shells outright
Photographs
10 in the archive2010 Mel Carnahan ski patrol practicing lift evacuation in deep snowGeorge Willett Collection2019 Mel Carnahan — Outside the lodge — Ski Patrol fishing a pond skimmer out of the water Facebook Post from 04-14-2019Showdown Facebook Collection2021 Mel Carnahan Facebook Post from 10-29-2021Showdown Facebook Collection2021 Unknown and Mel Carnahan during covidGreat Falls Ski Patrol2023 Boom Crew with Mel CarnahanGreat Falls Ski Patrol2024 Mel Carnahan with kidGreat Falls Ski Patrol1980s Glen Anacker, Mel Carnahan — Top Rock — Group of Ski PatrollersGeorge Willett Collection1990s Mel CarnahanGeorge Willett Collection1990s Ski Patrol Mel C and Glen AnickerGeorge Willett Collection1990s Mel Carnahan — On the MountainGeorge Willett Collection All photographs of Mel Carnahan in the search →
Added by the people who were there
Still Going Downhill
