Shadow shifts with various departments: Ski Patrol, Food and Beverage, Lift Operations, etc.
aka you work like the rest of employees...sounds like a seriously stupid contest.
if you want a job at a place like the canyons or pcmr just fucking apply, you don't need to win no contests, it's retardedly easy to get a job at a huge resort out west. sure you don't get VIP lodging and heliskiing and all the BS but who really needs all that crap anyway.