Thank you for your interest in working for the Yellowstone High Adventure Outpost.
About our staff:
The YHAO staff works hard and takes their play very seriously. Many are Eagle Scouts and have significant high adventure experience and professional training. YHAO staff must be able to independently run their program, and manage risk as well as be good teachers. Staff trained in CPR and Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder are greatly preferred.
Our staff pay is comparable with the BSA high adventure bases and we are working to establish Pro-Deal accounts to supplement our staff discounts at local outdoor shops.
Our program philosophy:
The Yellowstone High Adventure Outpost at Camp Buffalo Bill provides week long rafting, climbing and backpacking programs in the summer and weekend winter programs for Boy Scouts and Venturers based out of our facility 7 miles east of Yellowstone National Park. We are in our second year of buildout towards providing year-round programming.
YHAO bridges the gap between BSA high adventure bases like Philmont and professional outdoor education programs such as NOLS and Outward Bound. With an emphasis on teaching, our participants learn state of the industry outdoor skills. At the end of their program, our participants are well on their way to being able to do the activity on their own.
For example, in our whitewater program, participants don’t just ride along in a raft, they learn to fit a PFD, rig a gear boat, read the water, scout a rapid, use a throwbag, row an oar rig and guide a paddleboat. Our climbing program includes gear placement and anchor building. The trek program utilizes over 700,000 acres of wilderness that provide ample opportunities to teach. On any given day in the backcountry, scouts might learn how to cross a river, make a backcountry pizza, plan and follow an off trail route and the occasional mid-July snowball fight. Leave No Trace is a core part of the curriculum for all of our programs.
If you think you have what it takes to be a YHAO staffer, we look forward to seeing your application.