Short-Term Job Adventures Colorado

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Summer Naturalist Interns
Hallam Lake Nature Preserve, Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, the Maroon Bells, and at the ghost town of Ashcroft
ACES conducts an intensive Summer Naturalist Internship program that trains and employs 14 naturalists each year. Naturalists receive valuable education, training and experience while they conduct environmental education programs and natural history interpretive tours. Applications are due by March 1, 2012.

Bold Earth Teen Adventures Summer Adventure Trip Leaders
Buena Vista, Crested Butte, Rocky Mountain National Park
Amazing trips in amazing places need amazing leaders. Live the dream by becoming a Bold Earth trip leader this summer! You'll have the privilege of leading teens in an outdoor adventure setting. You will teach them wilderness skills, adventure camp techniques and life skills while facilitating group dynamics in Alaska, Hawaii, California, Colorado, Utah, Washington, Oregon and many other places worldwide.

Cheley Colorado Camps Summer Camp and Ranch Jobs
Estes Park
With training that includes exposure to professionals in the fields of child development, forests and parks, psychology and wilderness medicine, Cheley Colorado Camps is hiring over 200 summer program counselors (riding instructors, hiking and backpacking guides, crafts counselors) and support staff (barn crew, office team, kitchen workers).

City of Boulder: Open Space & Mountain Parks Junior Ranger Program Crew Leaders
Boulder's open lands, parks and community
Do you have a passion for outdoor education, youth development, service learning and stewardship education? Make a difference as a summer OSMP-Junior Ranger Program Crew Leader! You'll supervise a crew on a variety of maintenance and resource management projects on Boulder's open lands, parks and community. These seasonal, non-residential positions run from May 21st to August 15th, 2012. Apply be February 22nd.

Colorado Mountain Ranch Summer Camp and Ranch Jobs
Estes Park (Northwest of Boulder)
Are you looking for the summer of a lifetime in the Colorado Rockies? Whether working as a children's activity instructor or group counselor, wrangler, driver, in the kitchen, office or grounds, the high-spirited, multi-talented and skilled Colorado Mountain Ranch staff are instrumental in creating and implementing every aspect of ranch programs and activities, construction projects, food service, facility use and maintenance.

Colvig Silver Camps Program Coordinators, Arts & Crafts Coordinator, Rock Climbing/Ropes Course Coordinator, Expedition Coordinator, Pathfinding Coordinators, Wranglers, Head & Assistant Counselors, Cooks & Prep Cooks, Registered Nurse, and a Photographer
Durango (San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado)
If you have a passion for working with children in an outdoor setting, a commitment to the development of positive, meaningful relationships and are creative, flexible, enthusiastic, and have a genuine willingness to learn, Colvig Silver Camps needs you this summer over a 10-week period.

Southwest Conservation Corps Trail Crew Members/Leaders & Fire Training
Durango and Salida (with work throughout the Four Corners region)
Work outdoors in amazing places. Contribute to vital conservation projects on public lands. Camp out in the Southwest. Get paid for your work. Connect with the Southwest Conservation Corps—meaningful outdoor job opportunities are available in beautiful Southwest locales throughout the year. SCC also has a special Veterans Fire Corps that recruits only U.S. veterans who desire to transition from service in the military to service to public lands and local communities. Always hiring!

Winter Park Resort Guest Services, Hospitality, Food & Beverage Staff; Ski & Snowboard Instructors and Snow Jobs (Summer, Winter & Year-Round Openings)
Winter Park (Fraser Valley)
Get a job. Make your dream of living in the mountains come true. Some call it a career opportunity—Winter Park Resort calls it a lifestyle opportunity. Always recruiting energized individuals. Winter positions include lift operators, food and beverage staff, guest service and reservation agents, rental & retail sales, early education center members, facilities and maintenance staff, race crew members and ski and snowboard instructors (hiring begins in August/September). Summer positions include program attendants, lift operators, mountain bike patrollers, food and beverage members, and housekeeping, facilities and maintenance staff (hiring begins in April/May).