Stanley Gale
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Listed in Safety
- 2205 Douglas Mt. Dr. Golden, Colorado 80403
- (303) 279-0454
- www.snowskiexpert.com/#snow-expert
- rockymsc@earthlink.net
Education and Credentials:
Education
1968 University of Heidelberg, Germany. Psychology and German studies, one semester.
1970 BA State University of New York, College at Cortland. Major: psychology, minor:German.
1974 MA University of Northern Colorado, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, grades K-12.
Certification in orientation and mobility Travel Skills for the visually impaired.
Post Graduate Studies:
University of Northern Colorado
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado Mountain College
1968 University of Heidelberg, Germany. Psychology and German studies, one semester.
1970 BA State University of New York, College at Cortland. Major: psychology, minor:German.
1974 MA University of Northern Colorado, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, grades K-12.
Certification in orientation and mobility Travel Skills for the visually impaired.
Post Graduate Studies:
University of Northern Colorado
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado Mountain College
Specialties:
My safety consultation services include evaluating winter sports sites, conducting incident investigations, collisions, safety policies and procedures within ski resorts, snowmobile tour company operations, tubing and sledding areas, snowmobile and snow cat incidents, terrain parks, ski instruction, and avalanche sites and mitigation. Additionally, I provide liability analysis and litigation support in the areas of guest safety, foreseeable risk, best practices/standards of care, the customs, procedures, and practices related to identifying and providing risk mitigation measures for guests, operational and safety analysis of site, design, terrain, collisions with natural and man made hazards, and motor vehicles.
Experience:
My professional experience in winter sports safety issues began in 1967, and I have 49 years of safety training and experiences in the ski and snow sports industry.
I have taught skiing, and I have ski patrolled for nearly 40 years. Over the course of my career, I have skied and inspected thousands of ski trails in approximately 275-300 ski areas as well as numerous tubing and sledding venues and terrain parks. Attendant to my duties as a ski patroller I have worked with and assisted terrain park attendants and lift attendants with their duties. I have operated both surface lifts and chairlifts, and I have spent thousands of hours assisting ski lift operators. As a longtime member of the National Ski Patrol (NSP), I am experienced and skilled in responding to collisions and determining the mechanism of injury and causation. As a credentialed ski instructor with the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA), and having taken numerous PSIA classes both classroom and on-snow, I am educated and knowledgeable in movement analysis and the instructor responsibilities safety regarding guest safety, supervision, and teaching students.
I have been qualified in court as a snow sports expert specifically in the categories of ski/snow sports accident investigation, ski and snow sport safety issues, ski patrolling, terrain park issues, tubing safety issues, ski collisions, ski accident reconstruction, causation, and ski instruction. As an expert, I have provided consultation and liability analysis reports on ski safety and other snow sports matters in both state and federal courts in 31 states in the United States as well as in Switzerland, Canada, and Australia. The majority of the cases I have been retained on have settled prior to going to court.
As a veteran snow sports professional I have acquired training and experience in ski mountain geography, topography, and their relationship to ski and snow sport safety issues. I am experienced and skilled in ski and snow sports terrain analysis, the design of winter sports facilities, and the ways which these factors relate to skiing patterns, avalanches, collisions, snowmobiling, tubing, terrain parks, sledding, and other areas of public safety. I have operated snowmobiles since 1970 on trail, off trail, and on ski slopes. I have provided snowmobile safety instruction and guided.
I have been a credentialed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) by the State of Colorado from 1980-2013, and an Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) provider by the National Ski Patrol. During the course of my career, I have attended numerous National Ski Patrol sponsored educational workshops, case study reviews, and scenarios. I have been a ski patrol director, assistant director, and ski patrol trainer, and team leader. As a part of my duties, I have taught and instructed the “rules of the road,” Your Responsibility Code, to the public and other ski professionals. During the course of 49 years of experience in skier safety, and as a part of my daily duties, I have logged thousands of hours of experiences observing skiers on the slopes, enforcing and implementing Your Responsibility Code, identifying reckless and out of control skiers, and assessing skiing movements and tactics. I have been the first ski patroller on scene caring for the injured, responding to incidents, and investigated incidents on various types of ski trails including open alpine bowls, slow zones, and at or near merging trails.
My skier safety experiences and duties have also included opening and closing ski trails including terrain parks, reporting, investigating, and reconstructing ski and snow sports incidents. I have attended various continuing education seminars, classes, and meetings where case studies, analysis of ski/snow sport incidents, and guest safety have been reviewed with ski area management, medical personnel, other ski patrollers and ski instructors. This work has included taking into account the mechanism of injury, reviewing the evidence, reconstructing the incident, and then, identifying and determining the causation.
I have taught skiing, and I have ski patrolled for nearly 40 years. Over the course of my career, I have skied and inspected thousands of ski trails in approximately 275-300 ski areas as well as numerous tubing and sledding venues and terrain parks. Attendant to my duties as a ski patroller I have worked with and assisted terrain park attendants and lift attendants with their duties. I have operated both surface lifts and chairlifts, and I have spent thousands of hours assisting ski lift operators. As a longtime member of the National Ski Patrol (NSP), I am experienced and skilled in responding to collisions and determining the mechanism of injury and causation. As a credentialed ski instructor with the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA), and having taken numerous PSIA classes both classroom and on-snow, I am educated and knowledgeable in movement analysis and the instructor responsibilities safety regarding guest safety, supervision, and teaching students.
I have been qualified in court as a snow sports expert specifically in the categories of ski/snow sports accident investigation, ski and snow sport safety issues, ski patrolling, terrain park issues, tubing safety issues, ski collisions, ski accident reconstruction, causation, and ski instruction. As an expert, I have provided consultation and liability analysis reports on ski safety and other snow sports matters in both state and federal courts in 31 states in the United States as well as in Switzerland, Canada, and Australia. The majority of the cases I have been retained on have settled prior to going to court.
As a veteran snow sports professional I have acquired training and experience in ski mountain geography, topography, and their relationship to ski and snow sport safety issues. I am experienced and skilled in ski and snow sports terrain analysis, the design of winter sports facilities, and the ways which these factors relate to skiing patterns, avalanches, collisions, snowmobiling, tubing, terrain parks, sledding, and other areas of public safety. I have operated snowmobiles since 1970 on trail, off trail, and on ski slopes. I have provided snowmobile safety instruction and guided.
I have been a credentialed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) by the State of Colorado from 1980-2013, and an Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) provider by the National Ski Patrol. During the course of my career, I have attended numerous National Ski Patrol sponsored educational workshops, case study reviews, and scenarios. I have been a ski patrol director, assistant director, and ski patrol trainer, and team leader. As a part of my duties, I have taught and instructed the “rules of the road,” Your Responsibility Code, to the public and other ski professionals. During the course of 49 years of experience in skier safety, and as a part of my daily duties, I have logged thousands of hours of experiences observing skiers on the slopes, enforcing and implementing Your Responsibility Code, identifying reckless and out of control skiers, and assessing skiing movements and tactics. I have been the first ski patroller on scene caring for the injured, responding to incidents, and investigated incidents on various types of ski trails including open alpine bowls, slow zones, and at or near merging trails.
My skier safety experiences and duties have also included opening and closing ski trails including terrain parks, reporting, investigating, and reconstructing ski and snow sports incidents. I have attended various continuing education seminars, classes, and meetings where case studies, analysis of ski/snow sport incidents, and guest safety have been reviewed with ski area management, medical personnel, other ski patrollers and ski instructors. This work has included taking into account the mechanism of injury, reviewing the evidence, reconstructing the incident, and then, identifying and determining the causation.
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