Do Something Wild - Inspire Growth and Wonder

Wilderness Adventures boasts 51 years of success in providing life-changing summer adventures for students. Nothing is more essential to this success than the enthusiasm, skills and dedication of our leaders.

Leading for Wilderness Adventures offers the opportunity to experience a wide range of exciting locations, cultures, and remote wilderness areas, all the while providing a group of students with an unmatched opportunity for growth that they will remember for the rest of their lives.

Wilderness Adventures is looking for trip leaders who are enthusiastic about working with student ages 11-20 in group settings. Leaders will guide groups of 10-15 students, with a co-leader through exciting yet challenging adventure activities, as well as teach the curriculum designed for each of our trip types: Discovery Adventures, Explorer Adventures, High Trails Adventures, and Gap Semester Programs. The trips are both mentally and physically challenging for leaders and participants, with adventures ranging from one to ten weeks in duration.

Wilderness Adventures seeks leaders who will be a positive influence on the participants, an inspirational role model, devoted to supporting student growth and education throughout the trip and creating a fun, safe environment in which every student can thrive. Our leaders and students participate in a wide variety of activities such as: mountain climbing, backpacking in over 30 National Parks and wilderness areas, rock climbing, sea kayaking, whitewater rafting and kayaking, ice climbing, canyoneering, sailing, snorkeling, SCUBA diving, trekking through Europe’s hut system, international and domestic service projects, and language programs. Experience in these activities is helpful, but not required.

Employee perks include local discounts and a variety of Pro Deals with some of our favorite outdoor brands. 

Starting on day one of your contract with Wilderness Adventures your lodging, food, and transportation are all provided. Accommodations will vary depending on your trip location but typically include campgrounds, hostels, hotels, huts, and more.

At the start and end of summer, Trip Leader contracts, Wilderness Adventures provides shuttles from our base in Jackson Hole to and from the Jackson Hole Airport and the Salt Lake City Airport. We encourage leaders to leave their personal vehicles at home and utilize our shuttles in place.

At Wilderness Adventures, we are so grateful and privileged to hold our home base here in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. With Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort only a few miles away and Snow King Mountain Resort across the street from our office, the views are endless. Personal adventure during time off for staff typically includes everything from laying in the grass and enjoying the sunshine at a local park, to floating down the Snake River, to hiking and biking in the Tetons.

Jackson Hole is also a place that is strongly rooted in community. When in town, our trip leaders often find themselves at local events such as the People's Market, Concert on the Commons, the Teton County Fair Carnival, and more.

On top of all of that, we send many of our trip leaders to destinations across the globe. What that means is that you also may have the opportunity to explore places like San Francisco, Seattle, Barcelona, Juneau, and more!