Trail Crew Lead

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. 

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 drill 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.

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 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 work days 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