Ridgerunners on the Appalachian Trail in Maine

* Saddleback Mountain * Bigelow Mountain *Hundred Mile Wilderness

Job Description:

• Meet, greet, register and educate hikers on the Appalachian Trail.
• Impart backcountry camping and hiking knowledge, skills and ethics to hikers focusing on youth groups and long distance backpackers, for example: where to camp, how to protect water sources, ford a stream, and minimize fire impacts.
• Provide education about rare alpine plants and steward summits and ridgelines.
• Manage and provide light maintenance at campsites.
• Personal transportation is required to get to trail heads.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge, skills and ethics of low impact backcountry hiking and camping practices.
• Comfort with primitive, solitary, outdoor living and working conditions.
• Good physical condition – able to hike with a 40 lb. backpack.
• Public/customer service skills.
• Professional appearance and attitude
• Good communication skills including oral, by smart phone (required), and written.
• Long-distance hiking experience.

Schedule: May 16 through October 19, 2025, 40 hrs./week including all weekends and holidays.

Housing: Ridgerunners will camp at backcountry sites during the workdays and some gear will be provided. Days-off housing is available at no cost at our new Trail Center, in Skowhegan, ME. It includes bunk style bedrooms, a kitchen, Wi-Fi, showers, storage and laundry.