Overview
This is a seasonal, full-time guiding/operations position. Assistant Guides are being developed into full-fledged AAA Guide staff and can assist on all trip types. This position is responsible for assisting more experienced co-guides in all aspects of leading remote wilderness backpacking, kayaking, and base camp hiking trips. Duties include executing trip logistics (food & and equipment prep, confirming logistics with partners and flight operators); cooking, cleaning, and camp chores; repair and maintenance of AAA gear while in the field; conducting pre-trip contact and orientations with guests. Assistant Guides may be assigned in-town duties to support office, kitchen, or operations staff as needed.
Qualifications:
•Minimum 21 years of age and legally allowed to work in the US
•Current Wilderness First Responder and CPR certification
•Valid Driver’s License & excellent driving record.
•Willing to acquire Food Handler Card
•Qualified applicants must have previous guiding experience, but may not meet all the requirements to lead their own trips
•Excellent conversational skills and customer service orientated
•Physically capable of lifting and carrying 70+ pounds
•Positive attitude and supportive team
Required Skills:
•Successful candidates traditionally are graduates, or currently enrolled in, an outdoor recreation program at an accredited university.
•Have professional and/or personal experience on multi-day and multi-week wilderness trips.
•Possess knowledge of Alaska’s natural history, its many diverse biomes, and each area’s unique flora & fauna.
•Capable of leading appropriate discussions about Alaska’s rich native histories and heritage.
•Comfortable traveling in, and working around small, fixed-wing aircraft
Preferred Skills:
•Ideally, our staff are cross-trained and capable of leading all land and water-based itineraries.
•Some guides have additional credentials such as Swiftwater Rescue, Search and Rescue, WEMT/Paramedic, AMGA, ACA/BCU etc. that may extend their capabilities and allow them to lead more specialized trips.
About ALASKA ALPINE ADVENTURES
Since 1998, Alaska Alpine Adventures has built a reputation as one of Alaska's premier wilderness outfitters. Our guides are comfortable in Alaska's biggest and most remote mountain ranges offering backpacking trips, guided kayaking and hiking tours, river trips, basecamp hiking adventures, and custom adventures. We have successfully guided expeditions throughout Alaska for over two decades; from Denali, Wrangell-St. Elias, Lake Clark, Katmai, ANWR, Kenai Fjords, and Gates of the Arctic all the way to Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve. AAA typically employs 20 guides throughout the summer guiding season. Full-time guides average 20+ days of work per month in the high season with irregular schedules while working in remote locations.
