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Saddleback Mountain Ridgerunner

Maine Appalachian Trail Club

Rangely, Maine

Job Type Temporary
Salary $18 - $22 per hour
Benefits We provide camping, bunk style days-off housing (includes a kitchen, Wi-Fi, showers, storage and laundry.)
Experience 2 - 6 years

Ridgerunner Job Description:

  • Meet, greet, register and educate hikers on the Appalachian Trail.
  • Impart backcountry camping and hiking knowledge, skills and ethics to hikers focusing on youth groups and long distance backpackers, for example: where to camp, how to protect water sources, ford a stream, and minimize fire impacts.
  • Provide education about rare alpine plants and steward summits and ridgelines.
  • Manage and provide light maintenance at campsites.

Qualifications:

  • Knowledge, skills and ethics of low impact backcountry hiking and camping practices.
  • Comfort with primitive, solitary, outdoor living and working conditions.
  • 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 smart phone (required), and written.
  • Long-distance hiking experience.
  • Personal transportation is required to get to trail heads.

Schedule: May 16 through October 19, 2025, 40 hrs./week including all weekends and holidays

HOW TO APPLY

Submit a letter, resume, and three references by email (“Ridgerunner” in subject line) to matcjobs@matc.org.

Applications accepted until the positions are filled. Maine Appalachian Trail Club is an equal opportunity employer.

When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.

Category General / Stewardship, Outdoor Recreation
Tags Trail Maintenance