Early mornings in avalanche terrain, weekends on the hill, an off-season spent scrambling for work, and a body that keeps the score. A significantly discounted counseling program built around the realities of patrol life.
You are asked to carry real risk for people who may not carry much for you. The hours strain relationships, the pay rarely matches the skill, and the season ends whether you are ready or not. This program does not pretend otherwise. It is a space to make sense of the whole picture, with someone who takes it seriously.
What drew you to patrolling, where it fits in the bigger arc of your life, and what you actually want right now. Whether you are new and lit up or deep in burnout, we start by getting clear on your core values and goals.
The real bargain of the job. You are sent into avalanche terrain at 6am and called essential personnel, then treated as dispensable the moment an accident threatens the bottom line. We name that tension honestly.
The injuries and chronic wear on the body, the harassment or inequity, and the vicarious weight of the grief and loss you witness on the mountain. Space to process what the work asks you to carry.
Whether meaningful relationships can hold up against 5am alarms, weekend shifts, and physical exhaustion, on-season and off, and what it costs when they cannot.
The gap between the people doing the frontline work and the structure they work inside, and the strain of not being able to afford to live in the town where you work. Not an abstract critique, but how it plays out in your life.
The seasonal churn: finding off-season work that matches highly skilled labor, the cost and stress of moving, shifting social circles, and sporadic health insurance. What stability and home can look like in a transient profession.
These are themes, not a curriculum. We can take them in any order, weave them together, or set some aside entirely. You are in charge of where the work goes.
Send a short message and Daniel will follow up. No pressure, just a conversation.