Outdoor Adventure Core Guide - Winter Season

Outdoor Adventure Guide

At 67 miles away, Winter Park is the closest ski resort to Denver. With easy access to 765,000 acres of public land, Winter Park is home to endless adventures. Whether you are looking to have your first taste of a winter season or to build a long-term career, we have something for everyone.

As part of the Outdoor Adventure team, you will play a key role in ensuring that every guest that visits Winter Park Resort has an excellent time and is excited to return. Your responsibilities include guiding guests on various daytime and evening experiences at Winter Park Resort such as:
Nature and Summit snowshoe tours, Sno Go ski bike tours, teaching uphill ski & splitboard gear and leading tours, and helping guests in the shop with sales and rentals- all while conveying your passion for the mountains and the resort to our guests.

Hourly pay range: $18.00 - $19.00

This job description is an overview of the scope of responsibilities and is not intended to be an inclusive list of job tasks and expectations. With the evolution of this resort and position, the responsibilities of this position may change.

Education:

• High school diploma (or equivalent) required.
• Some college desired.

Experience:

• Five years' experience skiing/riding at Winter Park Resort
• Guide experience or similar knowledge base

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skill and Ability Requirements:

• First Aid and CPR certified
• Guest service first
• Honest, and follows established policies and procedures
• Organized and attentive to detail
• Hard working, team player
• Strong communication skills
• Able to handle and manage confidential information
• Able to snowshoe, snogo, or ski in an outside, mountain environment for several hours

Physical Requirements &

Working Conditions:

• This position may be required to work evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Office Environment:
  Able to lift, carry, or otherwise move and position a minimum of 40 pounds on an occasional basis. Auditory and visual acuity to operate computers, phones, mobile devices and basic office equipment on a constant basis. Ability to work for extended periods of time in extreme environmental conditions. Ability to work for extended periods of time standing, walking, kneeling, pushing and pulling on an occasional basis.
  
  Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and other employees.
• Mountain Environment:
  The primary physical environment in which this position works is out of doors with a high exposure level to cold, snow, wind, rain, bugs, sun, high altitude, extreme heights, lightning, etc... The degree of strenuous activity within the job is considered to be high. Often lifting a weight of 50 pounds throughout the day is common. Additional strenuous physical activity may include walking or hiking upon uneven, challenging terrain.
  
  Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and other employees. Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily- reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position description is an overview of the scope of responsibilities for the role described above. With the evolution of Winter Park Resort, the responsibilities of this position may change as may the dates associated with many of the tasks. During these times of change, this position requires the flexibility and willingness to accept new responsibilities and potentially transfer others. It will also be the responsibility of any employee of Winter Park Resort to be a positive influence on the transformation of the resort and its associated lines of business.

Winter Park Resort is an equal opportunity employer.