Spend your summer in the beautiful North Cascades: alpine meadows and lakes, incredible views, great hiking, and even a glacier in your own back yard. The Chelan Ranger District (US Forest Service) is seeking a volunteer to spend four to eight weeks in a wilderness base camp at Lyman Lake deep in the Glacier Peak Wilderness.

Position duties:
Visitor contact: Make contact with visitors on trails and in campgrounds, answer questions, provide information on special issues (fire closures, etc.), collect usage data.
Light campground maintenance: pick up trash, inspect fire pits.
Light trail maintenance: light clearing and brushing, light tread work.
Trail surveys: complete surveys for up to 40 miles of trail.

The volunteer must be capable of living solo in a wilderness base camp (tent only) for up to 10 days at a time. The base camp is located 10 miles from one trailhead and 18 miles from another. The volunteer must be able to carry 40 lbs in a backpack for up to 10 miles per day with some steep grades. Most of these hikes will be solo as well. WFA or WFR is helpful, but not required.

Position dates: July &/or August 2008
The volunteer work schedule will be 10 days on, four days off for one to two months.
Compensation: $21 per work day for food expenses.

Application deadline: until filled

Barbara Budd, Volunteer Coordinator
Chelan Ranger District
E-mail: babudd9@hotmail.com (checked daily unless I’m in the field, then weekly)
509-682-4900

Ken Dull, Trails Coordinator
Chelan Ranger District
E-mail: kdull@fs.fed.us
509-682-4962