Trail Crew Lead

2025 BCC Trail Program Crew Lead Description

The Boulder Climbing Community is looking to hire professional individuals for its Trail Program for the 2025 field season. This position requires a passion for the outdoors, proven trail-building skills, conservation and stewardship education experience, excellent communication skills, volunteer coordination experience, and team collaboration. 

Position Description

The BCC Trails Crew Lead position will help lead a professional trail crew designed to complete a variety of projects associated with improving environmental, safety, and user conditions at climbing areas throughout the Front Range region. The Crew Lead position is a field-based position, consisting of regular physically demanding work on-trail, at the crags, as well as a small amount of work within the community. 

Location

100% of the position duties will be field-based, working at various climbing areas, including front and backcountry work sites throughout the Front Range area. Mostly in the Golden/Boulder areas. 

Position Goals

• Implementing and supervising project construction strategies alongside the Trail Program Manager and ensuring solid day-to-day communication amongst the crew regarding progress.
• Assume field operation management responsibilities.
• Support BCC’s volunteer programs to increase recruitment and retention of BCC volunteers.

Position Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day field operations, crew members, and volunteers and assign proper tasks that make the trail program function efficiently.
• Assess, train, and supervise fellow crew members and volunteers on safe and efficient techniques for material quarrying/gathering, transport, and construction of stone structures, as well as restoration of natural landscapes at project sites.
• Safely & efficiently work with a variety of tools (including; grip hoist (& other rigging equipment)), power tools, rock hammers & chisels, rock bars, power drills, and feathers & wedges) and maintain equipment conditions and an up-to-date tool inventory.
• Assist in ensuring that proper project reporting is completed:  End of project reports, project tool inventories, incident reports, and volunteer paperwork.
• Interact with land managers and community members in a polite and professional manner to promote the mission of the BCC.
• Manage and update volunteer information on Salesforce.
• Create weekly Trail Program content for BCC’s social media.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

• Moderate to advanced trail work & restoration experience and skills, with an emphasis on intensive projects and stonework, stone quarrying, rigging, and material management (2 plus years experience)
• Moderate experience training, supervising and/or managing others
• Moderate experience managing work sites and/or projects
• Capability of documenting project metrics via field notes and photos
• Moderate to advanced computer skills
• Reliable transportation.

• Possesses a very strong work ethic and drive for a quality finished product.
• A high level of fitness:  Hiking with weight and on unsure terrain, Strong cardiovascular fitness, ability to lift up to and exceeding 50 lbs on a continual basis.
• Ability to learn and master new skills on a continual basis.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, including public speaking.
• Keen judgment and experience managing risk on a continual basis.

Start Date/Season/Schedule 

• Start date:  April 2025 or sooner.
• The season is scheduled from late March through the middle of November 2025 and is based predominantly in the Golden/Boulder area. Some remote work will be required.
• Four 10-hour workdays per week: 7 am to 5 pm.  Workdays vary upon the week and 2-3 weekend workdays are anticipated monthly
• 30 to 40-hour work weeks dependent upon weather conditions and project requirements.

Benefits/ Compensation

• Hourly salary range of $25.00-$28.00 depending on experience.
• PTO accruals to around 4 days for vacation and sick days.
• Field expenses compensated during overnight projects: workday food per diem and mileage reimbursement.
• Outdoor industry pro deals