Profile Blog Observation Notes

 Whether you are choosing a person, place, or activity, you will need to take notes related to the sensory details of the people and locations relevant to your topic. For your interview material, you might want to ask permission to record your interview session. 

Format: You may submit various files for this assignment, including images, sound recordings, and videos. For any notes you take, please type them up. As you transcribe this material, you may want to add any of your own observations/impressions, things not captured by a picture. 

Blue Mountain Ski Resort

*Interview Ski Patrol/Liftee/Park Employee

packed parking lot, people tailgating with grills and putting on gear by cars

slow consistent cool air

mountains have overwhelming but also calming presence

kids happily laughing and yelling while energetic music is playing

birds cawcawing

sun peeking through the clouds, rays visible

fresh cold air, freezing on skin

boots are very snug on feet

can smell the chocolate waffles wofting over from the waffle cabin

ski patrol whislting down the mountain carrying an injured person in sled

Teenage park rats running and laughing towards the lift

Passes beeping while scanning through the lift lines

visuals- people making squiggly lines down the slope

adults yelling over football at outside bar

Bartender laughing while passing out drinks

my body is cold but energized and very alive

sun shines off the snow where it peeks through the clouds

the Lodge looks like a giant corporate but yet beautiful cabin

at bottom of mountain riders look like tiny water droplets flowing down a car window while riding down the mountain

dad carrying daughters skis, she's running around full of energy

two people carrying their snowboards with snow all over them walking down the mountain, heads down, shoulders shrugged

ski slopes look like gaint streaks of white paint squiggled over earthy canvas