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Mountain Creek ski patrol has 50th anniversary celebration

| 18 Nov 2015 | 11:46
    Mountain Creek President and former ski patroller Bill Benneyan welcomed everyone to the 50th anniversary event. Benneyan has skipped shaving this month in support of prostate cancer awareness.
    Mountain Creek President and former ski patroller Bill Benneyan welcomed everyone to the 50th anniversary event. Benneyan has skipped shaving this month in support of prostate cancer awareness.
    A variety of Mountain Creek/Vernon Valley/Great Gorge memorabilia was popular among the attending ski patrollers and guests.
    A variety of Mountain Creek/Vernon Valley/Great Gorge memorabilia was popular among the attending ski patrollers and guests.
    A detailed image of the Ski Patrol Memorial Plaque unveiled Saturday evening at Mountain Creek.
    A detailed image of the Ski Patrol Memorial Plaque unveiled Saturday evening at Mountain Creek.
    Mountain Creek President and former ski patroller Bill Benneyan welcomed everyone to the 50th anniversary event. Here he is shown with Susanne Ebling, the director of the Mountain Creek Ski Patrol. Benneyan has skipped shaving this month in support of prostate cancer awareness.
    Mountain Creek President and former ski patroller Bill Benneyan welcomed everyone to the 50th anniversary event. Here he is shown with Susanne Ebling, the director of the Mountain Creek Ski Patrol. Benneyan has skipped shaving this month in support of prostate cancer awareness.
    A variety of Mountain Creek/Vernon Valley/Great Gorge memorabilia was popular among the attending ski patrollers and guests.
    A variety of Mountain Creek/Vernon Valley/Great Gorge memorabilia was popular among the attending ski patrollers and guests.
    Former ski patrol member and Reggie Phillips of R.S. Phillips Steel shared stories about the adventures and misadventures of being a member of the ski patrol.
    Former ski patrol member and Reggie Phillips of R.S. Phillips Steel shared stories about the adventures and misadventures of being a member of the ski patrol.
    Senior Patrol Leader Paul Bruno unveiled the Ski Patrol Memorial Plaque during the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Mountain Creek Ski Patrol.
    Senior Patrol Leader Paul Bruno unveiled the Ski Patrol Memorial Plaque during the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Mountain Creek Ski Patrol.
    A variety of Mountain Creek/Vernon Valley/Great Gorge memorabilia was popular among the attending ski patrollers and guests.
    A variety of Mountain Creek/Vernon Valley/Great Gorge memorabilia was popular among the attending ski patrollers and guests.

VERNON — About 200 former ski patrollers and guests joined together Saturday evening to celebrate 50 years of service to the Vernon ski area.

Held at Mountain Creek’s Red Tail Lodge, ski patrol members were recognized for their service at Mountain Creek and its past incarnations as the Great Gorge and Vernon Valley ski areas.

Unveiling the Ski Patrol Memorial Plaque was Senior Patrol Leader Paul Bruno, who joined the ski patrol in 1988. Bruno also serves as a mountain rescue team member and responds to emergencies and incidents in the bike park and water park. On Saturday, Bruno received the prestigious Eastern Division Patroller Achievement Award.

For all who attended it was a fun evening of recalling the adventures and misadventures of being a member of the ski patrol. It was also a reunion of former patrollers who had not seen each other for many years.

— Photos by Chris Wyman