Crew Leader

Spend your summer working in the 1.6 million acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex! Clear trails along side hard working volunteers in one of Americas wildest and most remote landscapes.

Seasonal Nonprofit

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Job Location

Hungry Horse, Montana

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Job Description

Volunteer Crew Leaders for the BMWF engage in both traditional crew hitches in addition to leading volunteer trail projects. Traditional crew hitches involve working with 2-3 other crew leaders to accomplish projects for the Forest Service in the form of trail clearing, deferred maintenance, erosion control, and occasionally construction projects. There will be one hitch in mid June, and 4-5 during the latter part of August through early October.

From late June through mid August, Crew Leaders will lead projects exclusively with volunteer laborers. Crew Leaders
coordinate, train and manage groups of up to 10 adults and/or
youth volunteers on 6-8 backcountry field projects. Trip lengths
are anywhere from two to ten days in length. Crew leaders
organize project logistics ahead of each project, including
Forest Service coordination, equipment prep, meal planning
and food shopping. Additionally, Crew Leaders train volunteers
in the use of primitive tools, safety practices, backcountry living
and camping, Leave No Trace, and the natural, geographical,
and cultural history of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex.

This position requires camping and working at primitive backcountry and front-country sites, extensive hiking over varied terrain and working in a variety of weather conditions. There may be opportunities to work with pack stock, but stock may not be provided for every project.

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