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Performs both day and overnight wilderness, front country and or climbing patrols.
- Checks trails and wilderness campsite conditions.
- Performs a variety of resource management and maintenance projects such as reporting significant resource damage and maintenance problems, assisting with wildlife issues, campsite restoration/construction projects, search and rescue response, etc.
- Complete assigned resource related projects (i.e., wilderness campsite inventory, analysis and monitoring system, campsite rehabilitation, wilderness privy relocation and care, hazard tree analysis, minor trail work, fish census cards, etc.).
- Assist with evaluating wilderness conditions and restoring wilderness campsites in technically challenging fire recovery area.
Physical Demands: Patrols and work are performed in remote wilderness areas by foot and/or horse. The work regularly includes long periods of standing and hiking, over rough, steep, rocky surfaces both on and off trail. Must be capable of traveling up to fourteen miles per day in rough mountainous terrain (class I-V terrain) at altitudes ranging between 7,000' and 14,255' above sea level. Strenuous exertion is frequently required in search and rescue operations and daily job tasks. Lifting or carrying equipment over 45 pounds (e.g. project tasks or search and rescue) is required.
Work Environment: Much of the work is performed outdoors in all weather conditions and in a setting where regular and recurring exposure to moderate discomforts and unpleasantness (e.g. high/low temperatures, confined spaces, adverse weather conditions, or high altitudes) are present/common. Work environments include travel in alpine terrain, which includes mountainous terrain, above tree line in both rocky and winter conditions. The work may be performed at various hours of the day and night and for prolonged periods during emergency situations. The incumbent is frequently exposed to high risk and potentially dangerous situations in emergencies which require a range of safety and other precautions.
Area Information: Established on January 29, 1915, Rocky Mountain National Park is a living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. The park embraces 415 square miles of pristine, uninhabited mountains in north-central Colorado and, as such, is one of the most spectacular, yet easily accessible high mountain areas in North America. With elevations ranging from 7,800 feet at park headquarters to 14,259 feet at the summit of Longs Peak, the park has glacier-sculptured valleys, rugged gorges, alpine lakes, and vast areas of alpine tundra. Trail Ridge Road, the highest paved continuous road in the United States, stays above tree line for 11miles and reaches 12,183 feet in elevation. Elk, deer, bighorn sheep, moose, coyotes, and smaller animals are found throughout the park, as well as threatened and endangered species, such as the Greenback Cutthroat Trout and Boreal Toad. Due to the park's easy accessibility to the Front Range communities of Colorado, Rocky experiences over 4 million visitors annually. The nearest community on the east side of the park is Estes Park, CO. Employees duty stationed in Estes Park, CO will be under the Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO locality pay table. The nearest community on the west side of the park is Grand Lake, CO. Employees duty stationed in Grand Lake, CO will be under the Rest of US locality pay table.
Starting at $18.96 Per Hour (GS 5)