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Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner (Saddleback Mountain) will greet, register, and educate hikers. The Ridgerunner will impart backcountry camping and hiking knowledge, skills, and ethics focusing on youth groups and distance backpackers. For example: where to camp, how to protect water sources, ford a stream, and minimize fire impacts. The Ridgerunner will provide education about rare alpine plants and steward summits and ridgelines. They will manage and provide light maintenance at campsites.
Schedule: May 20 through October 15, 2023, 40 hrs./week, all weekends, and holidays
Housing stipend: $2,000 for the season will be provided to offset day-off housing costs
Housing/Food/Transportation: The Ridgerunner will camp at backcountry sites during workdays and some gear will be provided. Food and day-off housing will be on your own. Personal transportation is required to get to trail heads.
The position requires compliance with the initial 2-shot COVID-19 vaccination. Sorry, no pets allowed.
Qualifications:
- Knowledge, skills and ethics of low impact backcountry hiking and camping practices
- Desire and comfort with primitive, solitary, outdoor living and working conditions, including all types of weather
- Good physical condition – able to hike with a 40 lb. backpack.
- Public/customer service skills
- Professional appearance and attitude
- Good communication skills (including oral, by phone, and written)
- Long-distance hiking experience
