Entrada is the name of the beautiful red rock sandstone of southern Utah; it also means entrance or gateway. The field area, comprising of the Mojave Desert, the Sonoran Desert and the Great Basin eco-system, form a diverse and beautiful place to work. Amazing National Parks such as Zion, Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon are nearby waiting to be explored on your week off.
A meaningful career in the outdoor industry. An office with a view. Living outside through all four seasons. Building resilience and confidence. Being a part of a community that challenges themselves. Spending your days off being active in the outdoors. Managing a physically safe environment for participants to find a healthy balance between play and navigating difficult emotions. Seeking personal and professional growth. The Wilderness Field Guide position at Evoke allows you to combine your love of wilderness and intentional community into a life-changing career. Working in a team of four to five with a group of eight to ten clients, Evoke Wilderness Field Guides:
+ Teach basic backpacking skills and low-impact camping ethics + Lead yoga and mindfulness practices + Facilitate team building initiatives and group therapy + Coach communication skills and challenge group dynamics + Serve as a guide, teacher, role model and constant support to the teens, young adults, and families with whom they work
Pay starts at $165-$235/day for full-time Field Guides and extends to $275/day for Mentor Field Guides DOE, with scheduled commitment bonuses. Hiring for both year-round and summer (May orientation) employment. Fun, energetic, and creative individuals who love the outdoors are encouraged to apply.
Upcoming 2024 Orientation Sessions & Hiring Bonus! Evoke is accepting applications for the next 7-day Field Guide orientation session from April 25th–May 2nd, May 23rd–30th OR June 6th–13th. Join the Evoke team now and receive a $2,500 gear and housing bonus upon hire!
Blending the best of traditional wilderness therapy with integrated adventure therapy components in Utah’s canyons, mountains, and forests, locally owned and operated Elements Wilderness Program strives to be the most effective and engaging treatment program for assigned male at birth adolescents (13-17 years of age) and young adults of all genders (18+). In the summer months, Elements operates in the Manti-La Sal National Forest, northwest of their main office in Huntington, Utah. During the winter, they transition to the San Rafael Swell area of central Utah. This change in field area provides a variety of settings for staff and clients alike. With two awesome field locations and Moab and Salt Lake City just two hours away, you'll have plenty of city life and get-lost-in-the-woods life on days off. Your schedule allows for ample time off to explore National Parks, climbing sites, and the mountain slopes of Utah and Colorado.
From the initial training onward, Elements Field Mentors are given the skills they need to utilize the wilderness, meaningful relationships, and evidence-based treatment models in effective and engaging ways. While in the field, Mentors teach outdoor living skills, facilitate adventure activities like climbing, rappelling, fly fishing, stand-up paddle boarding, low ropes initiatives, and mountain biking. Field Mentors also run therapeutic groups, check in with clients 1-on-1, practice mindfulness and other Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills, and generally role-model what it means to be a healthy adult. Mentors work 8-days-on followed by 6-days-off, giving you almost 150 days off a year! Most Mentors find their home in Salt Lake City or Moab. Both are havens for the outdoors and offer the chance to balance your work life with plenty of sun, snow, trails, and adventure. Compensation starts at $175/day, with the opportunity to move up to $240/day and up to $1,100 in other bonuses within the first year. Benefits include a generous medical, vision, and dental insurance plan, 16 days PTO each year, and pro-deals for gear. If you share a commitment to Element’s core values of passion, empowerment, character, and connection, learn more and take the next steps at ElementsWilderness.com. Field Mentor trainings are now held monthly!
As one of the industry's most sophisticated nature-based therapy programs, Second Nature provides insight, direction and hope to teens and their families. Blending the healing power of nature, mindfulness, nutrition, and wellness with licensed therapists and experienced staff, adolescents from the ages of 13-17 embark on a journey of health, choices, and secure relationships. Working with a licensed therapist, Field Instructors teach healthy emotional and behavioral habits while hiking and camping with students in the Uinta Mountains and high desert of Utah.
Do you have a love for the outdoors and wish to make a positive impact on youth?Field Instructors develop clinical qualities unrivaled in nature-based therapeutic care. Shelter building, friction fires, backpacking, mindfulness, simple daily chores, teamwork, relationship skills, problem solving, and life-changing lesson are all taught in the moment. Field Instructors make an initial commitment through seasonal contracts (minimum 3 months) and/or a year-round contract. The work week runs from Tuesday to Tuesday, with an eight-day on, six-day off schedule. In addition to a $1,100 sign-on bonus and limited affordable housing offered, Field Instructors begin earning $180/day for their first three shifts. Pay progresses up to $325/day as Instructor's work on personal and professional development for self-propelled level advancement. Benefits include full health and dental insurance, performance bonuses, and scholarships for professional development. Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and current CPR/first aid certification (which Second Nature offers for free). Prospective applicants must attend a week-long Orientation Trip scheduled throughout the year. Learn more at Second-Nature.com.
Upcoming 2024 Orientation Trip Sessions Get your application in now for the next Orientation Trip scheduled from May 24th–30th OR June 14th–20th.
Want to work in one of the most beautiful places on the planet? Located between Zion and Canyonlands National Parks in Southern Utah, the Legacy base camp provides easy access to inspiring and meaningful adventures in every direction!
Through a unique blend of treatment center programming, adventure therapy, and wilderness strategies, Legacy Outdoor Adventures guides young adults (ages 18-35) on a journey of self-discovery, healthy recovery, and personal growth. Field Guides will supervise and facilitate safe, fun and meaningful adventures for young adults, teach and ensure effective learning in specific areas such as adventure, cooking, navigation and medical skills, and provide individual mentoring and documentation for 3 to 4 clients. Guides work an 8-day-on, 8-day-off schedule, with half the workweek spent on adventures that may include backpacking, canyoneering, rock climbing, fishing, mountain biking, skiing and/or river rafting. Positions are offered seasonally or year-round. Starting pay is at or above $33k and goes up to $45k with experience. Benefits include health insurance, dental and vision, paid time off, and 401k. Guides also receive support in attending and obtaining adventure and therapeutic training and certifications. Male and female applicants must be at least 21, and helpful qualifications include current safety certifications (WFR/EMT), related college degree, previous field guide or related experience, recovery and mental health work experience, professional experience in adventure activities, and leading trips. If you are passionate about wilderness and adventure and want to support others on a journey of self-discovery and growth, connect with Mike Hinkle for more info or learn more at LegacyOutdoorAdventures.com.
Say goodbye to the office grind and hello to the wilderness! Explore stunning landscapes while making a meaningful impact. RedCliff is located in the beautiful red rock and high desert terrain of southwest Utah and covers an area of over 400 square miles. The dry desert climate, regardless of season, lends itself well to hiking and camping.
Camping. Backpacking. Bow drill fires. And most importantly, helping at-risk teens and their families heal, all in southern Utah's spectacular backcountry. At RedCliff Ascent you'll receive the most extensive training and support in the industry to become an outdoor professional, all while mentoring the teens most in needs of help and healing. RedCliff is unlike anything you've ever experienced. It's work without walls, without limits, where every day is full of novel, challenging, and meaningful experiences. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing pain and suffering slowly replaced by genuine change and healing. The connection between field guides and students is critical to their progress. That's what the shared experiences of wilderness, facilitated by caring guides, can do. Start your career as an outdoor professional. Make a real difference. Learn more at RedCliffAscent.com/jobs.
With a stunning location in Southern Utah, the STAR Guides field is filled with a rich history of early native history and frontier intrigue.
The first of its kind nationally, STAR Guides Wilderness offers wilderness therapy uniquely designed for adolescent boys and girls struggling with sexual behavior issues. Wilderness therapy has a capacity for creating change unlike any other treatment option available. Functioning as a supervisory and therapeutic role in a small group setting, Field Guides are in charge of planning hikes, teaching survival skills and maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment. Benefits include some of the best pay in the industry at $165-$246/day, an 8-day-on, 6-day-off schedule that allows plenty of off time, and opportunities for bonus pay up to $5,500 within the first year of employment (expect to make up to $48,800 in your first year). Most importantly, the Star Guides culture is fun and rewarding, with staff being considered a vital component of the therapy team. Those who can make a commitment of 9 months or 1 year will receive a signing bonus along with other rewards such as a gear stipend. You will also be trained in the Star Guides philosophy created by three of the top therapists in the industry with weekly and on-the-job training from therapists and experts in the field. If you have a passion for the outdoors, are physically fit to hike and/or backpack 3-10 miles, and are interested in working with adolescents clients journeying towards a holistic life, fill out the online application.
Leaving footprints that matter! Working as a Field Guide is an experience that changes your life forever as you help guide youth toward positive life change. View the Field Guide community and culture.
Field Logistics Technicians, Crew Leaders & Crew Members
The Utah Conservation Corps is an AmeriCorps program made up of members, staff, and partners who are engaged in projects throughout the state that address environmental conservation, leadership, education, and sustainability.
Now Hiring 2024 Conservation Corps Field Crews — work and live in the great outdoors of Utah!UCC AmeriCorps members are individuals seeking opportunities to give back, to improve the environment and explore the beauty of Utah's public lands. Positions run from mid-February through mid-November, with varied start/end dates. For more information, including full job descriptions with compensation and benefits, please follow the links below.
•Field Logistics Technicians provide leadership, support to multiple field crews, and assist field staff in seasonal trainings and logistical coordination. •Crew Leaders begin their term of service in the spring with conservation, leadership, outdoor living, and WFR training. During the summer and fall, Crew Leaders (CLs) will lead 5–10 person crews on various conservation-related projects. CLs are responsible for facilitating a positive crew member experience by setting an example of enthusiasm throughout work and camp life. •Crew Members live and work outdoors as part of a 5–10 person crew completing various conservation projects such as habitat restoration, invasive species removal, trail building, fence construction, and fire mitigation work. •Climate Corps Crew Members work and live in the outdoors as part of a field crew in service to public lands and the communities that surround them. These crews are assigned to a variety of fire fuels reduction projects throughout Utah to mitigate wildfire risks, protect buildings and infrastructure.
Get a glimpse of what a day in the life looks like at UCC. Serving a season (ore two) will be one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of your life!
A meaningful career in the outdoor industry. An office with a view. Living outside through all four seasons. Building resilience and confidence. Being a part of a community that challenges themselves. Spending your days off being active in the outdoors. Managing a physically safe environment for participants to find a healthy balance between play and navigating difficult emotions. Seeking personal and professional growth. The 
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