30,000+ members focused on service and safety
National Ski Patrol is the Experience of a Lifetime
600+ patrols around the country help keep outdoor enthusiasts safe year-round. With more than 30,000 members, the National Ski Patrol is one of the largest outdoor safety organizations in the country.
Become a member of the NSP family! Patrollers are active in all 50 states and 10 countries around the world.
The National Ski Patrol is a federally-chartered 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership association. As the leading authority of on-mountain safety, the NSP is dedicated to serving the outdoor recreation industry by providing education and accreditation to emergency care and safety service providers.
Recent NSP Articles
Meet Kira and Haley Howard
You’d be hard pressed to find two more impressive young women than Haley and Kira Howard, or to find a mountain that feels more like family than their home mountain, Windham Mountain in New [...]
National Ski Patrol Members Supporting Beijing Olympics and Athletes
The National Ski Patrol (NSP) is thrilled to announce that four of our members will be patrolling at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Using their extensive safety training, our team of [...]
Meet Gary Porter | Protecting Skiers in Avalanche Terrain
By: Gary Porter, 2022 Subaru-NSP Ambassador “Hey, did you hear that?” Some victims recall first hearing a ‘loud crack’. Others suggest that they felt the snow move just before hearing the crack. For me, there [...]