If you have experience in the following areas: Hunting Guiding, Summer Pack Trip Guiding, Horse and Mule Management or Inventory and Purchasing Management and desire an opportunity to work in stunning Glacier National Park or the Bob Marshall Wilderness, this is an ideal position for you. Swan Mountain Outfitters is a family-run company dedicated to making our guided tours and trips the highlight of a guest’s visit to northwest Montana. We are looking for multiple energetic, hard-working, horse-savvy, self-starters to be guides for daily trail rides in Glacier National Park and a few individuals with additional backcountry, hunting, packing and leadership experience to be summer pack trip leaders who transition to fall hunting guides. Duties include horse care, customer service and care, trail maintenance, communication with your location manager and the main office, food preparation and cleaning. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with a minimum of 12 hour work days and have a genuine passion for working outdoors and introducing others to its wonder. Applicants should be patient, responsible and confident in their ability to keep guests safe in a variety of environments. These positions pay between $2600 and $4,500 per month, plus we supply room and board. Tips and Gratuities are separate.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Daily grooming, feeding, saddling/unsaddling, doctoring of all horses
- Care of guests and delivery of interpretive information
- Facility, equipment and trails maintenance
- Documentation of certain information in company logs
- First Responder in emergency/accident situations
- SKILLS
- Previous horseback job experience
- CPR certification preferred. Wilderness First Aid and Food Handlers Safety will also be required, but these can be taken during training.
- Friendly disposition with excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
- Must be able to participate in strenuous physical activity
- Ability to stay level-headed and calm under pressure in order to solve unexpected problems and improvise when plans change
- Considerate of others
For more information visit email Patrick Tabor at patrick@swanmountainoutfitters.com
Job Types: Full-time, Seasonal
Pay: $2,600.00 - $4,500.00 per month
Benefits:
Shift:
Application Question(s):
- Applicants for hunting guide and stock manager position must have extensive horseback experience. Applicants for Inventory Manager/Purchasing must be have attention to detail, organizational experience and be proficient in excel, email, and google sheets applications
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Preferred)
- Overnight Shift (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Bigfork, MT 59911 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person