Snow Sports Safety Expert Witnesses

Snow Sports Safety, Risk Management - Inherent Risk, Skier Responsibility Code, Collisions, Ski School, Race Teams, Ski lessons, Signs & Markings, Safety, Warning Signs, Padding, Rope Lines & Flagging, ASTM F27, Ski Accident Reconstruction, Sledding, Snow Tubing, Chairlift, Ski patrol, Area operations, Class Management, Trail design

I am a snowsports expert in skiing, sledding, and tubing. I've been a ski instructor certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) since 1984. My roles in the ski industry include, but are not limited to discipline chairperson, Education Team Member, trainer, and examiner for multiple PSIA divisions. I have over 53-seasons of on-hill snowsports experience, including safety, risk management, administration, and operations. I have a clear understanding of snowsports physics and mechanics through my engineering education and over 40-years of professional engineering practice. I am a licensed Professional Engineer in 10-states (Civil Engineering) and own an active residential structural engineering and land development practice. My communication, research, writing, and professional experience give me the ability to originate expert reports and provide testimony that articulate convincing fact-based narratives. At age 51, I was admitted to the Master of Public Administ...

Homewood, California

Snow Sports Safety - Ski Safety Expert, Ski Accident Reconstruction, Ski Accident Investigation, Skier Collisions, Skier Collisions with Vehicles and Snowmaking Equipment, Ski Trail Marking and Signage, Ski Patrol and Ski Area Operations, Terrain Park Accidents, Snow Tubing, Snow Avalanche Accidents, Ski Lift Accidents

Larry Heywood has 45 years of Ski Industry experience as a Ski Resort employee and safety consultant to the Ski Industry. As Ski Patrol and Snow Safety Director at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in California Mr. Heywood’s responsibilities included all aspects of mountain safety, first aid, mountain rescue, hazard identification and mitigation, mountain signage, skier education, accident documentation, risk management, trail design and construction, and avalanche forecasting and control. As Director of Mountain Operations he directed all aspects of mountain operations, including ski patrol, lift maintenance, lift operations, snowmaking, snow removal, grooming, terrain park planning, construction and maintenance, mountain construction and maintenance, ski area mountain planning and permitting, and guest and employee safety. He developed and authored numerous in-house manuals and procedures including ski patrol manual and procedures, avalanche control and rescue plans, accident documenta...

Hailey, Idaho

Snow Sports Safety - Avalanche, avalanche accident, ski safety, skier collision, snowboard, ski, ski resort, Ski Accident Reconstruction, Ski Accident Investigation, Skier Collisions, Skier Collisions with Vehicles and Snowmaking Equipment, Ski Patrol operations

As a veteran on the front lines of the ski industry, Jimmy has extensive experience as a ski patroller, ski instructor, backcountry ski touring guide, backcountry snowcat skiing guide, heli ski guide, avalanche forecaster and safety officer. While on the ski patrol Snow Safety Department at Park City, Jimmy led and trained others in general mountain safety, mountain medical first responding and rescue, accident documentation, risk management, avalanche forecasting and control and general hazard identification and mitigation while being an integral part of the greater Mountain Operations team. He since has taken what he learned there to working as a backcountry touring guide, as a guide and in the snow safety department performing avalanche forecasting and mitigation for Park City Powdercats in Utah, as a guide for Ski Arpa in the central Andes Mountains of Chile and in the Church Mountains of Alaska where he is a lead guide and the Snow Safety Director and Safety Officer for Majesti...

Boise, Idaho

Snow Sports Safety, Risk Management - Inherent Risk, Skier Responsibility Code, Collisions, Ski School, Race Teams, Ski lessons, Signs & Markings, Safety, Warning Signs, Padding, Rope Lines & Flagging, ASTM F27, Ski Accident Reconstruction, Sledding, Snow Tubing, Chairlift, Ski patrol, Area operations, Class Management, Trail design

I am a snowsports expert in skiing, sledding, and tubing. I've been a ski instructor certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) since 1984. My roles in the ski industry include, but are not limited to discipline chairperson, Education Team Member, trainer, and examiner for multiple PSIA divisions. I have over 53-seasons of on-hill snowsports experience, including safety, risk management, administration, and operations. I have a clear understanding of snowsports physics and mechanics through my engineering education and over 40-years of professional engineering practice. I am a licensed Professional Engineer in 10-states (Civil Engineering) and own an active residential structural engineering and land development practice. My communication, research, writing, and professional experience give me the ability to originate expert reports and provide testimony that articulate convincing fact-based narratives. At age 51, I was admitted to the Master of Public Administ...