Everyone has a little section of their home mountain they would love to have just a couple trees chopped down to allow for aย little extra room for activities. Well, if your job title is Snow Surfaces and Trail Manager like Brian Amundon at Tamarack Resort in Idaho, you can make your dreams a reality and get paid while you do it!

Really enjoy the pacing of his decisions, scope it out the area for a few years to get a feel for what goes where, and then slowly open it up during the course of a few seasons. ย You can’t uncut a tree, so you better be damn sure before you commit.

Francis Xavier is a seasoned writer for Unofficial Networks, bringing a lifetime of outdoor experience to his work. Having lived in a ski resort town for years he has a deep connection to mountain culture....