Jay Zehntner at the ski hill on and off since 1988
Years at Showdown
1988–
Positions
Jay Zehntner — rental shop manager in winter (running the rental shop from about 2007–09), maintenance in summer
Ben Zehntner — the kitchen, lift operations and the parking lot (2014); the rental shop, the lift department and the kitchen (2021)
Awards
Jay Zehntner — Employee of the Week, 15 January 2020
Jay Zehntner — Manager of the Year, 2022-23, as rental shop manager
Ben Zehntner — Employee of the Week, 31 December 2021
What they did
2 entries
4 September 2014Jay Zehntner hand-spliced a Showdown haul rope, with Jimmy Hoxter and Jesse Gregory
4 October 2016Ben skiing Showdown on the season's first snow, before the mountain opened, in a photograph by Avery Gold
In their own words
Photographs
18 in the archive
1996 Mannequin Jump Jay ZehntnerGeorge Willett Collection
2009 Jay Zehntner near rental shop and big snowGeorge Willett Collection
2014 Jesse Gregory, Jay Zehntner Cable SplicingGeorge Willett Collection
2014 Jesse Gregory, Jim Hoxter, Jay Zehntner Cable Splicing 2George Willett Collection
2014 Jesse Gregory, Jim Hoxter, Jay Zehtner Cable SplicingGeorge Willett Collection
2018 Unknown Facebook Post from 07-31-2018Showdown Facebook Collection
2020 Unknown Facebook Post from 01-15-2020Showdown Facebook Collection
2021 George Willett, William Gold, AJ Korselin, Jimmy Hoxter, Jared Burton, Kim Johnson, Bob Berland, Eryn Lansverk, Chris Quinn, Miles Klepper, Connor Klaue, S Facebook Post from 11-18-2021Showdown Facebook Collection
2021 Jay Zehntner Facebook Post from 12-04-2021Showdown Facebook Collection
2021 Ben Zehntner — Employee of the week Facebook Post from 01-06-2022Showdown Facebook Collection
2022 Jamie Gregory — Lodge Facebook Post from 01-06-2022Showdown Facebook Collection
2023 Jay Zehntner — Manager of the Year Facebook Post from 04-11-2023Showdown Facebook Collection
2025 Ryan Moran, Ben Demaray, Jimmy Hoxter, Katie Boedecker, Jay Zehntner, Luke Jaraczeski, Dan Kelsey, Emmy Boedecker Facebook Post from 09-17-2025Showdown Facebook Collection
2025 Jimmy Hoxter, Evan Clark, Tim Ramsey, April Roth, Amy Porter, Hannah Patrick, Ripliegh Dees, Ryan Moran, Oliver Korslien, Brady Moran, Ben Zehntner, Kianna Facebook Post from 11-11-2025Showdown Facebook Collection
2026 Ben Zehntner, Katie Boedecker, Jake Larson, Kimberly Maxwell — The Bar — The Showies Facebook Post from 04-08-2026Showdown Facebook Collection
2026 Ben Zehntner, Katie Boedecker, Luke Jaraczeski — The Bar — The Showies Facebook Post from 04-08-2026Showdown Facebook Collection
1980s Jay Zehntner-editedGeorge Willett Collection
Still Going Downhill
