A professional who directs sports program at winter resort and coordinates activities of resort employees. Responsibilities include:

• Advises resort management or owner of optimum dates for opening and closing resort, taking into consideration weather predictions, reservations backlog from guests, and experience of previous season.
• Orders supplies, such as skiing and skating rental gear and provisions.
• Coordinates activities of custodial staff, food-service workers, and other resort employees to ensure availability of facilities on opening date.
• Trains winter-sports instructors and service personnel.
• Ensures that skating rink and ski slopes are suitable for use by public, notifying resort personnel to take appropriate action according to weather conditions.
• Inventories supplies and keeps records of weather conditions.
• Issues weather reports to resort management.
• Arranges for snow removal from roads by public authorities.
• May give instruction to guests in winter sports participation.