Life as a Ski Doc

I've been calling Park City, Utah home for about a week now and I'm halfway into my stay here. For those of you who don't know, I'm up here working at a urgent care ski clinic at the base of Park City Mountain Resort. It's the tan double wide in the center of the picture.

Basically, they work me for 6 days a week and then I get to ski free on the 7th. Not too bad of a deal. I'm seeing all sorts of fractures, sprains, and dislocations. It's a great experience and obviously a beautiful setting.

I'm staying with a very nice couple in their early 60's who are kind enough to rent a room to a traveling fellow. The house is a quaint old mining shack that was moved down from the mountain when the ore business dried up. About 10 years ago they renovated the interior of the house while preserving the historical exterior. It's going to be on the market in the spring for a cool 1.5 mil if your interested. It's a perfect location to walk to the ski resort while just blocks from the shops and restaurants of downtown.

One of my favorite things about the clinic is that they have dogs trained in avalanche rescue that lounge around the clinic. The pups are part of Wasatch Backcountry Rescue Organization. They live with their ski patrol master and come to work when they are on duty. Sometimes I'm in a clinic room seeing a patient and in walks a dog. I'm also a sucker for giving them treats. How can you say no to a face like this?

I'm skiing again on Thursday and the weather is supposed to be nice with highs in the low 30's. I'll try to post some more pictures but until then here is one from last week. The summit gives amazing views for miles and miles and you can see some of the buildings of the resort from this picture at the base of the mountain.