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Backpack Guides
Time Frame
May 30- August 9 Compensation: First year guide: $170/week; returning guides $190/week, plus room and board, laundry and workmen's compensation Responsible To: Camp Director and Assistant Camp Director Minimum Qualifications * Training and experience in high country backpacking
* Current CPR and Wilderness First Responder certifications
* Ability to work well with people outdoors
* Good decision making ability
* Good character, integrity and adaptability
* Desire to spend days at a time hiking, and sleeping outdoors
* Ability to read a map and compass
* Good physical condition
* Knowledge of high altitude illness
* Enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience and self-control
* Must be 21 years of age
* Must be flexible with various situations General Responsibilities To guide backpack trips designated weeks of the summer. Organize and assess the backpack gear, make necessary repairs. Order equipment and supplies as approved by the camp director. Package the food for each trip. May be asked to help with the support of resident camp as well. See support staff job description. Specific Responsibilities
- Assess the backpack gear before and after each trip.
- Do any cleaning and repairs as necessary.
- Design menus for each trip; purchase food, and package
- Teach and monitor proper use of equipment to campers and staff
- Be familiar with each trail before taking a group out. Assemble a first aid kit (under the supervision of the Healthcare Supervisor); organize and re-supply after each trip
- Guide each trip; observing all participants for safety; signs of hypothermia, high altitude illness.
- Teach participants the use of stoves, and cooking procedures.
- Be responsible for the welfare of each individual on the trip and do all possible to solve problems.
- Help ensure morale and health of each individual by monitoring rest and diet.
- Monitor the load carried by each individual, and redistribute weight as necessary.
Ensure that each individual conform to wilderness ethics to include but not limited to:
- Proper burial of human waste
- Water taken from lakes and streams, but NO water or waste put back into streams or lakes
- All campfires completely extinguished
- Pack out all garbage
- Minimum impact to campsites: no live plants or wood cut or harvested.
- No fishing without a current Colorado fishing license.
- Noise control when in the vicinity of other people.
- No chasing or tormenting wildlife
- Do not shortcut trails
- Comply with USFS permit regulations
- Monitor changing weather conditions and responding appropriately
Essential Functions
- Must be able to hike 20 miles with a 60 pound backpack in one day.
- Ability to communicate to campers and staff in safety regulations and emergency procedures.
- Must be acclimatized to altitudes of up to 13,500 feet.
- Physical ability to respond appropriately to situations requiring first aid.
- Cognitive and communication abilities to plan and conduct a backpack trip.
- Ability to evaluate situations and implement necessary emergency procedures.
Step #1: Contact us if you're interested in a summer positon
Step #2: Submit a 2008 staff application. You may fill out a form online and submit to us, or download a pdf document and return via snail mail.
Step #3: Reference forms to be returned with staff application (pdf form)
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