Crew Leader and Assistant Crew Leader Positions Now Open

Crew Leader and Assistant Crew Leader Positions are now open on USAJobs.gov, both positions close on January 22, so apply now if interested.

WG-3 Trail Laborer positions will be announced within the next few weeks.  The application process will be slightly different than in the past.  The announcement will be for multiple Alaska Parks with the option of choosing which specific parks to apply to.



Crew Leader
http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=95177292&JobTitle=TRAILS+WORKER+(LEAD)&q=trails&where=&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&x=0&y=0&AVSDM=2011-01-02+00%3a03%3a00

Assistant Crew Leader
http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=95177346&JobTitle=TRAILS+WORKER&q=trails&where=&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&x=0&y=0&AVSDM=2011-01-02+00%3a03%3a00

2011 Seasonal Job Info

A few things to keep in mind if you are interested in working on the Denali Trail Crew this coming summer:

We will be filling many positions this year, laborers, assistant crew leaders, and crew leaders.  All positions will be posted on USA Jobs, likely in January.  We recommend setting up an account with USAJobs that will notify you when the Denali jobs open.

Pay ranges from $17-$28 an hour.  We usually work Monday through Thursday, 10 hours per day.  Our season typically runs from mid-May to mid or late September.


Seasonal housing may be available for new employees, and some trail workers will be living at the Savage River campground in our temporary Trails Camp (see 2010 post below for details). 

Students are encouraged to apply through the Student Educational Employment Program.  Look here and here for more info.

2011 Project Preview

We are going to be working on many of the same projects that made the 2010 season at Denali a great one.



View from Triple Lakes Trail



One crew will be working on rerouting sections of the 8-mile Triple Lakes Trail.

 



Riley Creek Bridge on Triple Lakes Trail





Crew working on the Savage Alpine Trail



Two crews will be working on the Savage Alpine Trail, a 4.5 mile trail connecting the Savage River to the Savage Campground.



Building rock steps on the Savage Alpine Trail



Raising the Riley Creek Footbridge Towers

On Thursday 22 April we stood the towers for the Riley Creek footbridge.  Many, many people have worked on this project, and we appreciate all of their efforts!

JOBS OPEN NOW!

I think these links will work...if not then search http://www.usajobs.gov/ for the posting, don't delay, they close soon!

Crewleader announcement:  http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85663917&aid=84442941-17110&WT.mc_n=125

Assistant crewleader announcement: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85718318&aid=84442941-17110&WT.mc_n=125

WG-03 Laber positions to be posted in the next week or two...stay tuned!

2010 Seasonal Trails Leader and Assistant Leader Jobs to be Posted

In the next few days the 2010 Seasonal Trails Leader and Assistant Leader jobs will be posted on http://www.usajobs.gov/  Watch close as they will not be posted for long.  We're hiring for many new positions this year (see previous posts) and it is going to be a great season.

Projects include construction of:
130' cable suspension bridge
2 miles of rerouted trail to finish the Triple Lakes Trail rehabilitation project (8 miles total)
2 miles of new trail for the Savage Alpine Trail project (2 more miles in 2011)
1 mile of new interpretive trail near a new rest stop

Come to Denali, work hard, play in the most wild wilderness in the country, make a difference in a 6 million acre National Park and Have Fun!

Are You A Student?

Do you want a job with Denali or the NPS?  Look here:

http://www.nps.gov/gettinginvolved/internships/upload/Student_Educational_Employment_Program.pdf

http://www.nps.gov/dena/parkmgmt/step.htm

Work on the Savage Alpine Trail!

The Savage Alpine Trail is to be a newly constructed trail in the summer of 2010. The trail will be approximately 4 miles in length and will connect the Savage River Campground (mile 12) with the Savage Rock Trail (mile 15) on the Denali Park Road. The National Park Service crew working on this trail will be doing lots of rock work. This job isn’t for the meek, but for those who want to embrace the art of building rock steps and the like, this job will come with a million dollar view!

This crew will work 10 hour days, sometimes 4 days at a time (i.e. 3 day weekends), perhaps 8 days (6 day weekends) at a time. We start early around here and stretching at 7:00 AM will be followed by a short commute to the worksite and hard work until 5:30 PM. The park service crew working on this trail will consist of 10 members who will live at Savage River Campground.

Life at a Campground?
That’s right… there will be no red carpet rolled out at the Savage River Campground. You’ll have to let go of daily Facebook updates, flushing toilets, cellular access, and a hard-sided roof, but on the other hand, life at the Savage River Campground will come with some enticing amenities. The camp will boast a shower house with hot running water, a weatherport with a cozy wood burning stove for hanging out, a view of Mt. McKinley, and easy access to 6 million acres of wilderness. Crew members will each have a canvas wall tent to live in, with shared kitchen and food storage facilities.

Transportation
Crew members will be responsible for their own transportation to Alaska. Once living at the campground, crews will have access to a free shuttle that services the entrance area of the park. Otherwise, parking for personal vehicles will be available.

Weather
Nearly guaranteed – snowflakes will fly during the course of the summer and days that make a dip in the glacial Savage River seem possible will come around as well – this might all happen in the same day.

Hope to see you here!

(Photos above: Savage River Campground from above - the campground is at the far edge of the forest on the right hand side; The second photo is taken looking up at the worksite. Below: a map of Denali National Park - look for the Savage River Campground. Home Sweet Home).

2010 Season

2010 will be a big year for the program. We'll have ten new positions (~34 total) ranging from WG-02, WG-03, WG-5, WG-07 and WG-08. Stay tuned for more information about the projects, camp and housing possibilities and more. Pay ranges from $16.34 to $26.86 per hour.

The season will be approximately May 15 - Sept 30 2010 and we typically work 4-10 hour or 8-10 hour days.

USAjobs.gov

All you trails job seekers should know that the http://www.usajobs.gov/ website is the only "normal" way we can hire employees (exceptions include STEP - student hire, and few others). Seasonal jobs are typically posted in January and may be open for as little as one week.

Check out that website and if you need to, find a geek to help you set up a "JOB SEARCH AGENT". If you do it right, it will email you whenever a job is posted that meets the criteria you set up in the search agent. But be careful, if you make a mistake like misspell the word "trail" it won't give you the results you want.

The days of paper applications by mail or fax are going away (they're gone from Denali). Good luck in your search

Follow Us on Twitter!

Yea, we're trying to stay current, and have set up a Twitter account. With a little luck, we'll tweet when jobs are posted to the government jobs website, and when we post to this blog. Of course, we're all pretty busy and cannot promise to send notice, so be sure to watch for 2010 job posting on www.USAjobs.gov in January.

To "follow" us, create an account at www.Twitter.com and search for "DenaliTrails". Follow us to get our tweets (or watch this blog for updates).

Triple Lakes Trail 2009

Triple Lakes Trail Project Photos

Hines Bridge - Summer - Semi-Flood

Hines Creek Bridge

"Will the ice encase the bridge, or not?"

Getting Water--Springtime in the Alaska Range

 

On the McKinley Bar Trail

 

View from the Thorofare Mtn Trail Work Area

2005 Project--Meadow View Trail

Surveying the Savage Alpine Trail

This is one of the projects for the summer 2007. An NPS and a youth crew will be working on this trail. Grades will be between steep and clearly there will be great views, including of Mt. McKinley (Denali).

You Can Find Snow all Summer in the Alaska Range

A Youth Crew Works on the Savage Canyon Trail

Another Picture

I know its not a trail crew photo...but there is a trail in it!

Crew at the McKinley Bar Trail