Camp Host - Mt. Whitney

ExplorUS; California (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Inyo Forest Hospitality LLC, dba Inyo - Mammoth is seeking Camp Hosts for the Eastern Sierra region during the 2025 season. The role emphasizes welcoming guests, sharing local information, and ensuring compliance with park rules to enhance the visitor experience.

Positions may be filled in pairs or solo depending on location, with responsibilities ranging from customer service and fee collection to site maintenance and safety reporting in a high-altitude recreational setting.

Qualifications

• Customer service and ability to work with the public.
• Ability to perform basic cleaning and sanitation tasks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide courteous, helpful service and educate visitors on park rules.
• Perform basic administrative tasks including recordkeeping and fee collection.
• Maintain facilities and grounds, including restrooms, trash, and cleaning of campsites, tables, and grills.
• Rake and groom sites and public areas, keep areas litter-free, and monitor trails and outposts.
• Maintain good working relationships with staff, agency representatives, and visitors.
• Register campers, collect fees, and sell basic concession items.
• Process revenues per company procedures.
• Be knowledgeable about local points of interest and regulatory rules.

Skills

Customer service

Manual labor

Verbal communication

Written communication

Recordkeeping

Money handling

Flexible schedule

Lifting 20 pounds

Job description

Title: Camp Host

Reports To: General Manager

Department: Operations

Inyo Forest Hospitality LLC, dba Inyo - Mammoth - The Inyo National Forest near Mammoth is looking for talented associates to support visitors in the stunning Eastern Sierra for our 2025 season. Our positions offer the chance to work in a breathtaking, high-altitude environment while supporting recreational opportunities like hiking, fishing, and skiing.

Positions:

• Camp Host
• Site Manager
• Maintenance Technician
• Administrative Assistant

Summary:

The Campground Host position is frequently filled by two people but may be an individual role in certain locations. The primary objective is to provide a quality recreational experience for visitors within areas operated by the Company. The Campground Host will implement nearly all operational tasks required within their assigned campground or area.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates courteousness and displays a helpful attitude to all visitors; provides excellent customer service by educating the public on the rules and regulations of the recreation area.
• Performs certain administrative tasks, including basic recordkeeping and fee collection.
• Maintains facilities and grounds, including cleaning, sanitizing and stocking of restrooms, emptying trash containers and replacing the liners, cleaning roadways and trails, cleaning campsites, picnic tables, fire rings, grills, and disposing of ashes.
• Rakes and grooms sites and public areas, maintains a litter-free facility, picks up micro-trash such as bottle caps and cigarette butts, maintains outlying areas such as trails, outposts, and rental cabins.
• Maintains a good working relationship with fellow employees, governmental agency representatives, and the visiting public.
• Registers campers, collects fees, and sells certain retail items such as firewood, ice, and concession goods.
• Processes revenues and fee collection data using Company approved forms and procedures.
• Familiar with local points of interest, nearby facilities, and local rules and regulations.
• Reports problems and any unsafe or hazardous conditions as they are discovered.

Requirements:

• Strong customer service skills; enjoys working in an environment of extensive public contact.
• Basic manual labor abilities, including an ability and willingness to clean and sanitize facilities with a variety of cleaning agents and chemicals.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Basic recordkeeping experience, including money handling.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and be able to learn quickly and follow instructions accurately.
• Willing to work a flexible work schedule, including regular evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Able to lift 20 pounds on a frequent basis.
• The ability to move safely over rough and uneven terrain.
• The ability to work in extreme weather.
• Able to tow own RV (where applicable) in and out of campgrounds in emergency situations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.