Big Bear Valley National Ski Patrol (BBVNSP) is an organization of approximately 140 unpaid volunteers who are trained in first aid, Outdoor Emergency Care, CPR, and winter rescue. We are part of a larger international organization, the National Ski Patrol System (NSPS), which includes almost 28,500 patrollers. We combine our first aid and skiing/snowboarding skills to serve the ski area and public at Big Bear Mountain Resort in Big Bear Lake. While on duty at Snow Summit, we patrol as agents of Snow Summit and work as part of the Snow Summit Volunteer Ski Patrol (SSVSP) Department.

Our primary function is to provide basic life support, first aid, rescue, and on-the-slope transportation to injured skiers. Besides first aid and winter rescue duties, patrol members frequently assist in public relations, area operations, skier safety programs, and other actions requiring patrol involvement to ensure the general safety of the skiing/snowboarding public at Snow Summit. This may include issuing a warning to a reckless skier or snowboarder or even removing that person's lift ticket if they are endangering the public with their actions. Besides finding us at the ski area, you may see some of our members giving presentations or demonstrations at local ski shows, ski clubs, or ski swap meets. You can identify us by the red jackets with the white cross on the back. We are the first ones on the mountain in the morning, and we are the last ones off, regardless of weather or skiing/snowboarding conditions.