About Us > Employment Opportunities
Working for Cabin Fever Adventures
Lead Guides:
Are you a skilled and experienced wilderness guide looking for a fresh new opportunity? At Cabin Fever Adventures we value our guides and provide them with a high-quality working environment. The owners of Cabin Fever Adventures
are guides first and owners second, so we run or business from the
perspective of keeping our guides happy. We believe that staff
who feel appreciated create clients who appreciate Cabin Fever Adventures.
We pay our guides the best rates in the Yukon, and in return expect
dedicated, professional wilderness services second to none. We
are looking for experienced guides with extensive guiding experience in
one, or more of the skill areas we offer. If you are from
somewhere other than the Yukon and want to come work for Cabin Fever Adventures,
we would expect you to make considerable personal effort to learn the
history, flora and fauna of the Yukon, in order to compliment the
strong technical skills that you possess. We are interested
in your resume if you have strong guiding experience in any of the following
disciplines:
- White water rivers trips
- Multi-day sea kayaking trips
- Multi-day unsupported backpacking trips
- Mountain biking or cycle touring
- Fly fishing
- Institutional trip leading or leadership instruction
- Sport fishing or powerboat captaining
Besides the hard-skills listed above we expect all of our lead guides to be:
- Trained in first-aid to the Wilderness Advanced First Aid level (WAFA) or higher (WFR prefered)
- Have excellent meal preparation and food provisioning skills
- Have excellent natural history interpretive skills
- Additional languages are an asset
Support Guides:
We also hire motivated individuals who can support our lead guides in the field, assist with base-camp operations and continue to develop towards becoming lead guides.
Base-Camp Apprentices:
This position is an excellent opportunity for a motivated person interested in getting involved in the wilderness tourism industry. Duties will include helping pack-out trips, maintenance of our gear and facilities, and assisting the Cabin Fever Adventures team as needed. Meals and accommodation included as well as access to canoes, kayaks and fishing gear. We try to get our apprentices out on at least one wilderness trip during the season.
Office Administrator Needed!!
We are looking for an energetic, skilled and self-directed office administrator to live at our wilderness base-camp for summer 2010. The successful candidate should have strong knowledge of office management software, have excellent customer service skills, and strong English language proficiency (written and oral). Our camp is located on the shores of a secluded Yukon Lake so this person must enjoy wilderness living. The city of Whitehorse is 1 hour drive away and there will be frequent transportation opportunities to get into town. ( Access to canoes and kayaks included, as well as most meals and a place to stay)
Please Note: This position will also include support work such as helping pack-out trips, helping maintain equipment and we will attempt to get you out on at least one wilderness trip at not charge, based on your interests.
Experienced Boat Captain Needed!
We are looking for a person with solid experience driving powerboats on large lakes and flowing rivers to share this role with the owner of the company. Having marine-based certifications will be an asset to your application as will having previous experience working in the tourism industry. This position will include equal parts boat captaining and providing hospitality to our clients so a warm and friendly personality is essential. A class 4 Yukon license (small bus or 15 passenger van ) will also be an asset as would any skills related to fishing charters. Contact us if spending your summers out on the Yukon's lakes an rivers sounds like a good fit for you!
Geman Speaking Guides:
Cabin Fever Adventures is looking for German speaking wilderness guides. Contact us for more details.
Please forward your resume along with a cover letter introducing yourself to: