1. Flip 30 bibbo
   
2. Jury members
   
3. 1st run order
   
4. GS start command
   
5. SL combinations
   
6. U14 membership
   
7. Valid rerun
   
8. Forerunners
   
9. Timing system
   
10. Tie for 15th
    

U.S. Ski & Snowboard officials work in the most beautiful offices on the face of the Earth, this one at Snowbird, Utah.

Get certified

Updated: 5/30/2017

A frequently asked question at the alpine official training sessions each fall is, "How do I get to be a Level I, Level II or higher official in U.S. Ski & Snowboard?"

Here is how you do it:

• Join U.S. Ski & Snowboard as an alpine official each year
• Attend alpine official training sessions in the fall each year
• Work as an alpine official at U.S. Ski & Snowboard sanctioned competitions
• Record your alpine official work experience and report it to your divisional AO chairman

The first step you must take is joining U.S. Ski & Snowboard as an alpine official. With this registration you receive the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Competition Guide. The Comp Guide is a handbook for athletes, parents, coaches and officials that provides a roadmap to U.S. Ski & Snowboard programs. The guide contains information on rules, rankings and races.

Just signing up and paying your fee to be an official will get you on the hill, but how much help are you going to be to a race organizer or jury if you don't know what to do and you don't know the rules?

An important ingredient in the Alpine Officials Program is education and in Intermountain Division we hold several alpine official training sessions each fall in the north and the south segments of the division. The seminar dates and locations each year, usually in October and November, are announced toward the end of the summer. Watch for them on this web page.

The quizzes and discussion area here in Alpine 101 are also good opportunities to learn about ski racing and its rules. All of the quizzes include references to the rules so they can easily be looked up in the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Competiton Regulations, which are also included in the Comp Guide.

As high as you can go — the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games men's downhill jury begins a meeting at Snowbasin.

Gain experience as an alpine official by volunteering at competitions on the Intermountain Division and U.S. Ski & Snowboard calendars. There is no better training ground than actual on-hill or race shack work experience under the tutelage of an experienced race official.

If you want to achieve higher levels of ranking as an alpine official, you must track your work experience and report it to your divisional alpine officials chairman. In Intermountain you can find out who that person is here.

You should send your work history to the AO Chairman or a member of the AO Committee at the end of each season. The AO Chairman sends certification level updates to U.S. Ski & Snowboard as necessary throughout the year.

Alpine officials are certified in eight specialty areas:

• Technical Delegate, TD
• Referee, RF
• Chief of Race, CR
• Chief of Course, CC
• Chief of Timing and Calculations, TC
• Race Administrator, RA
• Competition Official, CO (entry-level classification required of all new officials)
• Jury Advisor, JA (new in 2004-05 tracks start and finish referee)

There are five certification levels for officials in U.S. Ski & Snowboard called Level 1, Level 2, etc. For specifics on what is required to move from one level to the next in each of the eight specialty areas, see the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Alpine Officials Certification Guidelines.

If you have questions about becoming or working as an official in Intermountain Division, feel free to e-mail the IMD Alpine Officials Chairman.