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Maintaining & Protecting Vermont's Long Trail Since 1910

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2023 Seasonal Jobs

Jay Peak 2021, northern LTP using griphoist
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Alex Dugas and Sean Butler working on Butler - Ilana or Kurt 2017
Alex Dugas and Sean Butler working on Butler - Ilana or Kurt 2017
Clearing a blowdown with a crosscut saw
Clearing a blowdown with a crosscut saw
Burrows Trail June 2022, water bar construction
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Burrows Trail July 2022, check steps
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Staff repair bridge from a steel basket.
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Burrows Trail 2022, Northwoods Stewardship Center Crew
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Join the Green Mountain Club’s hundred-year legacy of maintaining and protecting Vermont’s Long Trail System!

Hiring for 2023 seasonal field positions is open now! Click here to view position descriptions and apply.

2023 Pay Scale:
First-year Crew Member or Caretaker: $600/week
Second-year Crew Member or Caretaker: $615/week
Third-year Crew Member or Caretaker: $635/week
Assistant Crew or Caretaker Lead: $675/week
Caretaker Lead: $735/week
Trail Crew Lead: $800/week
Caretaker Supervisor: $800/week

All field staff must be 18 years of age before their first day of employment. All positions require living in the woods for at least five days at a time with two days off a week. Most Backcountry Caretaker positions require working weekends. Most positions run from May or June through mid-October, with some staff turnover in mid-August.

Housing is provided free of charge to active field staff members, either at “The Back Forty” near the GMC Headquarters in Waterbury Center or at our satellite housing in Danby, VT. All days-off housing is communal, with shared sleeping quarters, kitchens and bathrooms. All staff must sign a Housing Policy Agreement and participate in periodic all-staff cleaning days to utilize these options.

Why work for the GMC?

“Every day your impact as an environmental steward is tangible in the forms of decreased trail erosion and increased appreciation for non-human entities. Every interaction on the trail is a chance to educate and be educated. The Green Mountain Club does so much more than provide a paycheck.”
-Marla, GMC Caretaker 2015-2018

The GMC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, place of birth, age, disability, health coverage status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. The GMC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment at the GMC. Feel free to contact us with specific questions.

Leave No Trace, Then and Now: a Timeline of Trail Etiquette Language

March 1, 2023

This article previously appeared in the Winter 2022 Long Trail News, under the headline “Leave No Trace: Then and Now.” It was written by Sasha Weilbaker. To celebrate 100 years of the Long Trail News, we read back issues to learn what they said about trail stewardship and etiquette. The seven … Read more

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Mission

The Green Mountain Club is the founder and maintainer of the Long Trail - the oldest long distance hiking trail in America. Established in 1910 to build this trail stretching the length of Vermont, the club now also maintains the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and trails in the Northeast Kingdom in its mission to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people." Read more...

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