Overview
Get paid to guide a multi-week trip with three other Trip Leaders and 10 to 18 teenagers to the coolest places in North America!
If you love exploring and love giving kids the opportunity to explore, this is the job for you. Our campers gradually build their skills in camp to prepare for Thunderbird expeditions. We believe in equipping our campers and staff with a strong foundation of skills and an understanding of how to carry themselves through adventure and adversity.
You will explore and backpack through areas such as Olympic National Park (the Hoh Rain Forest and the Olympic Coast), Denali National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Seattle, Portland, the San Juan Islands, Wind River National Forest, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Banff, Canada, Mount Robson Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, and Bozeman, Montana.
Co-lead in the backcountry (with one other Trip Leader) a group of 6-10 campers on various backpacking, canoeing or biking trips that range from 3 to 8 days in length.
Manage the larger group in the front-country, including transporting campers in 15-passenger vans, purchasing and providing meals, planning trip logistics, prepping backcountry trips, communicating with Camp Directors.
All other aspects of trip management to ensure the physical and emotional safety of all campers.
Qualifications:
WFR certification or willingness to obtain (We certify WFR in late May)
Due to insurance restrictions, Expedition Trip Leaders are usually 21+ years of age and must have a mostly clean driving record and the ability to drive a fifteen passenger van. Under 21 year olds are welcome to apply for our Trip Leader positions.
Required Skills:
Desire to work and live with campers and act as a caregiver and trip leader.
Fun, caring, and motivated with a desire to work and play in the outdoors.
Preferred Skills:
Previous wilderness experience as a leader or a participant including: meal and route planning and group skills.
About Camp Thunderbird for Girls
Our adventure programming is truly unique. Only Thunderbird offers campers the opportunity to transition into a Teen Adventure Program experience so they never leave their camp friends or community. Campers completing 8th-10th grade opt into these trips and travel on multi-week adventures that start and finish at Thunderbird. You can’t beat the excitement of experiencing new challenges in some of the United States and Canada’s most renowned places with their friends and counselors from T-bird! And, the best part is we offer Worry Free Parenting! You will never need to research or think about how entertain your teen in the summer because the leadership at Thunderbird does the staff vetting, trip planning and supervision of the trips in the summer. All campers must qualify for these adventures during the summer after completing 7th grade.
