Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BIPark City ski patrollers reached a deal with Vail Resorts on January 8 after a labor strike.Ski patrollers told BI they must work multiple jobs to survive in mountain resort towns.Seasoned patrollers say they may change jobs due to unsustainable wages and steep living expenses.Days after a historic labor strike in Park City ended, America's ski patrollers are caught between their love of the slopes and the steep price of mountain resort living.Kali Flaherty, for example, doubts she will ever own a home.The 26-year-old works full-time in ski patrol at Colorado's Arapahoe Basin.