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SIERRA PROTHERS AGE: 26 ARRIVED: 2008 THE JOB: Ski Patroller and Dog Whisperer, Park City Mountain Resort


The legendary 600-plus-inch 2010–11 season was Sierra Prothers’ fi rst winter both in Utah and on ski patrol at Park City Mountain Resort. “I had never seen so much snow in my entire life,” she says. The New England native was introduced to the Beehive State during two previous summers working for Second Nature, a wilderness therapy program based in cen- tral Utah. When not camping with her cli- ents in the Uinta Mountains, Prothers rock


climbed, mountain biked and fl oated rivers from one end of the state to the other. “The easy accessibility to mountains, desert and rivers is something I could never have experienced—at least on this large scale— in New England,” she says. Last winter Prothers deepened her commitment to her new home by becoming the proud owner of Lily, a Labrador-Pointer mix and PCMR’s newest avalanche search and rescue dog. She’d been interested in the resort’s canine


program from the beginning of her rookie year at PCMR, volunteering to dig holes for dog drills and being buried for the dogs to fi nd as practice. “I grew up with dogs and even worked for a short time at a vet’s offi ce while in high school. I realized when I came out to Utah how great it would be to combine those two passions. Plus it’s pretty great being able to bring your dog to work,” she says. Sierra can’t wait for Lily’s second winter on the snow.


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