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Photo credit: Dan Himbrechts image of Erin Tanner Imagine a life of free lift passes, endless powder snow, private parties with elite athletes, helicopters, copious cocktails and entry to exclusive clubs. Now imagine it year round from one southern winter to the northern winter and back again. That's the public life for private ski instructors, snow reporters, ski and snowboard pros, magazine photographers, even team physiotherapists and of course, the ski and snowboarding journalist. Miss Snow It All could tell you the private tales of jetlag, of working late into the night to make deadlines, of demanding and gruelling itineraries fit for an elite athlete of Olympic fitness, of industry competition and scapegoating, of dummy spits, hissy fits and toys-out-of-the-cot-tantrums. But you wouldn't listen...the life of a ski journalist is a privileged one and few complaints will be heard from others. She could also tell you tales of private instruction with Elle McPherson's ski instructor, nights out with the Austrian Ski Team and early morning on snow training with Olympians but then her mother would say she's boasting. Thanks to her job Miss Snow It All gets paid to talk about snow and has experienced some of the best days of her life in powder perfection. She's met inspiring folk around the globe and been humbled over and over again both by mountains and ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Truth is, skiing and snowboarding is a passion sport and if you're lucky enough to make your living from your passion then ski helmets off to you. At beer o'clock at the end of a hard day's slog, most folk would rather be lining up the lager in an apres bar in the name of work than clocking in overtime. Dancing in your work shoes takes on a whole new meaning in St Anton when you're doing it in ski boots for research. If you think it's out of your grasp, think again. We here at Snow It All believe in sharing the love which is why Miss Snow It All is giving her blog readers the chance to WIN their own chance to taste the good life - a weekend of living like a snow star at Perisher Blue Resort, your very own Nikon Coolpix S550 camera, half a day with a famous pro snow photographer, Dan Himbrechts, and a chance to take some turns with ski and boarding pros for a television snow report. Read on for the world's top jobs that let you ski for free and find out how to live the snow life of your dreams...