The in-game Hill Office desk with mountain plans, operating papers, a radio, and filing tabs

The career Playbook

Build the hill's operating identity.

Explore every talent, follow the prerequisites, and sketch a career-wide plan across Mountain Operations, Guest Experience, and Skier Development before you commit a point in the game.

One pool, three departments

Every point says what kind of mountain this becomes.

Boston teaches the core game first. The Playbook opens when you take on your second hill with one point, then awards another for every three guest-serving operating days across the career. Every talent you learn travels to every hill.

67
talents
69
points for every rank
3
connected departments

Interactive talent planner

Trace a route before spending the point.

Choose a department and click any available icon to add it immediately. Locked nodes explain what comes first. You can plan here, then make the final choices in your game.

Shared talent plan0 / 69 points0 talents chosen across all departments

Three operating philosophies arranged as independent downhill branches.

Mountain Operations

Read the hill, automate carefully, move big iron, or keep old machinery alive.

Precision / SystemsObserve, configure, automate

Read the hill, set an objective, then coordinate work within real limits.

Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Brute Force / Big IronBuild, reinforce, overpower

Expand the mountain's physical envelope with plant, fleet, and engineered exceptions.

Tier 1
Tier 2
Scrappy / Old SchoolInspect, improvise, preserve

Keep named machines alive through attention, parts, and accumulated care.

Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4

Talent reference

Every talent in one list.

Prefer a list? Every talent name and effect is collected below by department and branch.

Mountain Operations20 talents

Precision / Systems

Read the hill, set an objective, then coordinate work within real limits.

Weather Station
Build a staffed weather station and see 3 days further ahead, everywhere the forecast is shown.
Shop Class — 3 ranks
Every lift is 10% less likely to break, and stacks to 30%.
Sensors in the Snow
Read snow depth separately at the base, mid mountain, and summit.
Seven-Day Book
See seven days of traffic, grooming, and closures, plus next week's crowds.
Snowmaking Dispatcher
Overnight the guns aim at whichever part of the mountain is thinnest.
Load Forecast
Tomorrow's crowd range is capped at ±10% without widening a tighter range, and the desk drafts a lift schedule.
Control Room
Set one nightly priority and a spending cap for snowmaking and grooming.
Leave It Running
One less thing to set each night. Snowmaking starts and stops itself whenever the weather is right.
Tuesday's Breakdown
A paid service call undoes a lift's wear, or restarts a broken one today.
Every Pass Has a Purpose
Aim the same grooming budget at the busiest runs or the ones opening first.
Mountain OS
Stop planning the night shift. Snowmaking and grooming run themselves, and every override you make is logged.

Brute Force / Big Iron

Expand the mountain's physical envelope with plant, fleet, and engineered exceptions.

Pump House
Your snow guns reach higher up the mountain on nights the base is already covered.
High-Pressure Loop
The pump finishes one thin trail at a time instead of spreading snow evenly.
High Lead
Permission to build one giant lift that breaks the normal length and height limits.
Storm Spine
Pick one chairlift to keep running in storms and high wind, at half capacity.

Scrappy / Old School

Keep named machines alive through attention, parts, and accumulated care.

The Lot Out Back
Shop for used lifts each winter, with age and wear shown up front.
Parts Bin
Retire an old lift for a credit worth 65% of a new one, instead of selling it for cash.
The Good Half of Two Lifts
Scrap one old lift to give another a full overhaul toward classic status.
Nothing a Wrench Can't Fix
Reopen a closed lift this afternoon, broken down or under construction.
They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To
A well-kept old lift stops aging, and regulars seek it out.
Guest Experience29 talents

Shared Village

Village Streets
Pave the village in cobblestone or brick to set its look.
House Favorite
Renovate a venue guests already love into a Loved Landmark.

Destination

Table and Tap
Farm to Table and Craft Taproom concepts become available.
Full-Service Crew
Every food and drink venue you own serves one more guest at a time.
The Guest Book
Plan a guest's day around up to three village stops.
Alpine Village
Guest Book stops get an Alpine look that families and weekenders prefer.
Last Chair Local
Book live music at your venues.
Village on Ice
Build an ice rink as its own destination.
Plans Change
A guest who finds a stop full moves on to the next one.
Overnight Desk
Guest Book tables stay held until the lifts close.
Stay the Weekend
Happy guests who finish their Guest Book route are twice as likely to become regulars.
Second Bell
Turn on night skiing: lit lifts, evening arrivals, and cheaper night tickets.
Mountain House
A big lodge pulls guests into every venue around it.

Skiers' Mountain

Glade Cutting
Open runs through standing trees as glades.
Hill Fuel
Crunchy Healthy and Cocoa and Cider Hut concepts become available.
Light on the Land
One extra posted run beyond your limit, when it is a glade.
Let It Bump
Your least-groomed expert run grows moguls that draw experts.
New England Classic
Renovated venues on a wooded hill get a New England look locals prefer.
Call It What It Is
Experts are happier when you rate a hard run honestly hard.
Powder List
On powder days, expert regulars head for your glades and bumps.
If You Know, You Know
Word of your expert terrain becomes its own stream of visitors.

People Mover

Feed the Rush
Burger Shack and Bakery and Coffee concepts become available.
Fitting Bench
Rent out better performance skis at the village shop.
Boot Room
More guests rent performance skis when the fitting bench has room.
Park and Ride
Opens the talents past it. No effect of its own on the hill.
No Frills
Plain shops and quick food get a no-frills look core skiers prefer.
Demo Fleet
Add the newest demo skis, your top rental tier.
One Queue, Best Queue
Guests always pick the shortest lift line they can ride.
No Bad Saturdays
Hand surge days to your general manager. Staff move to the busy spots without you watching the queues.
Skier Development18 talents

Learning Mountain

Learn Here
Run beginner lessons, and students come back as regulars who ski better.
One More Class
After lunch, empty lesson seats open to walk-ins.
Community School
15% more guests want a lesson at your hill.
Instructor Bench
Room for two more instructors on the payroll.
Student Body
Lesson bookings can fill 65% of the day's visitors, up from 45%.
Office Hours
Each instructor also runs two intermediate clinics a day.
Home-Mountain List
Skiers who learned here come back more often.
Class Split
Choose the winter's student mix: beginners, balanced, or clinics.

The Mountain Teaches

Woods School
Sell guided glade trips in a small booked group.
Mountain Skills
More trained skiers join your guided glade trips.
Storm School
Fewer injuries, and patrol gets there faster when one happens.

Race Works

Set the Gates
Unlocks the race course and a daily race.
Gate Crew
Four more racers start each race, for a bigger crew bill.
Race Team
Sell paid coaching to named racers, using your school's seats.
Race Pipeline
A coached race finish can make a home-taught skier advanced.

Clubs and Crews

Nordic Track
Unlocks the drawn cross-country course and its trail passes.
Nordic Club
Run a paid cross-country group that pays out after a full lap.
The Range
Unlocks the biathlon range upgrade.