Not sure where all these short drive times for skiing are coming from, but your looking at 2hours if your lucky to go skiing on the weekend. I suspect this year it will get even worse with the population rise.
Townwise, Conifer sounds like a great place for you. Takes an hour to get to...
For your 2 weeks on, are you on the entire time or the same shift each day for rotation? For your flights back, do they only send you home, or say you wanted to travel for 2 weeks would they pay for your flight to your destination of choice. Thanks!
Is OEC really that different than EMT? I was told since I have my basic it should be fairly easy to take the OEC test. Stoked for my first year on patrol! Starts in just a few weeks