Spirit Walker Expeditions is hiring for the 2025 season!
Spirit Walker guides are some of the best in the industry. We’re ACA kayak instructors, wooden kayak builders, WFR/W-EMT instructors, photographers, whale whisperers, teachers, backcountry chefs, lifelong students of the natural world and passionate advocates for wild places. Many have decades of experience as professional guides, some are the new generation of wilderness guides.
We’re always happy to hear from prospective new guides, and encourage you to reach out!
Positions Available
HEAD GUIDE: Spirit Walker is looking for an experienced, fun and highly organized wilderness guide to lead the 2025 team of sea kayak guides. The Head Guide will help recruit and hire any new guides, coordinate and conduct pre-season and ongoing trainings, create and maintain the guide schedule, and supervise and mentor guides. The Head Guide will work closely with the general manager to support guides and ensure the safe and smooth operation of our expeditions.
KAYAK GUIDE: Guides must be at least 21 years old, have a valid WFR or W-EMT certification, backcountry and sea kayaking experience, be adaptable to changing conditions and situations, be detail oriented and safety conscious, be great communicators, have strong leadership skills and be great team players. Guides will plan and pack for 1 to 7-day long expeditions, provide pre-trip orientations and safety/kayaking briefings, and lead groups on multi-day sea kayaking trips in remote areas.
Contact Spirit Walker for full job descriptions and to apply!
