It's 2022!  See yourself in the outdoors - living, learning, and working in the Colorado Rockies this summer.   You will make a meaningful forward movement in your life's quest to better yourself and others. Camp will change your life as you open to many joys - of children and working hard, nature and all its wonders, adventure, friends, and outdoor fun.

Mountain Playground!  Located in the mountains 1/2 way between Boulder and the Continental Divide, the Ranch itself features horse and nature trails, wildfower meadows, evergreen and Aspen forests, old gold mines, and views of snow-capped peaks.  The Ranch itself borders the Roosevelt and Arapaho National Forests; the Indian Peaks Wilderness and Rocky Mountain National Park are within a 30-60 minute drive.

Connections.  The Colorado Mountain Ranch staff team comes together to share common interests in children, stay active in the outdoors, and make a positive impact on the world. Each summer a unique congenial community builds. Friendships begin and last a lifetime! CMR is a place to make connections - with peers, children, the outdoors, the mountains, nature, your true self... 

Build Skills along with the Campers.  Group Counselors and Activity Instructors lead and participate along with the campers. There are many Camp Activities - from Western Horsebackriding to High-country Exploring, Gymnastics and Trampolines to Native American Indian Lore, from Dramatics to Mountainboarding (envision snowboarding on wheels) and Teambuilding.  From Nature Immersion to Horse Care and Arts & Crafts. The list goes on and on.

Innovation.  Usually about half of the staff members are new to the Ranch every summer, equalizing the balance of returning and new. Each year, staff members bring in fresh ideas for improving organizational aspects, adding activities and doing projects to make it all go, too! Yoga. Earth Sustainability. Organic Gardening. Baby kid goats. Sharing your own Stories in the Emerald Cave.  Novel ideas for large themed events. You share it, we'll listen! 

Variety.  On weekdays, CMR serves a general population, ages 7 to 17 in our Day Camp programs. On evenings and weekends, we meet, plan, share, spruce up the place, put on a Family Camp Day, and sometimes attend to weddings and group events.

Paid Internships.  Design an internship with your professor for us to consider.  There are so many fields of study which lend well to positive growth via a Camp working experience - all realms of Education, Photography, Media Management, Parks and Recreation, Psychology, Sociology, Ecology, Equine studies, Communications, Culinary, Hotel and Institutional Management...

Covid Safety.  All staff members and campers in the older groups must be up to date with Covid vaccinations to allow for more mobility.  Covid Protocols help to minimize the risk of all transmissible disease.

Tradition.  For generations, Colorado Mountain Ranch campers have sung “You’re the Best in All the World!” to celebrate Camp Spirit and the winning Place, People, and Programs!  About 40 residential staff members open their home in the mountains to up to 150 campers each week. The Colorado Mountain Ranch is independent and family-owned and operated by the same fun and friendly Camping Family since its founding in 1947. 

Jobs. Children's Group Counselors, Activity Specialists, Office staff, Maintenance staff, Kitchen staff.

All new applicants must be available to commit from May 25 - August 14, 2022.  The arrival date of May 25 is NON-NEGOTIABLE for new staff members.

All those hired to work with the horses must arrive May 23 to begin Wrangler Orientation. 

Overall Staff Orientation Week is May 25-30, followed by eleven weeks of children's programs, May 31 - August 12.

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or documented as legally eligible to work in the US.  Internationals may apply through Camp America

Qualities we look for:

• positive attitude
• enthusiasm
• genuine interest in children
• flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities
• self-motivation
• focused listening skills
• appropriate communications
• personable
• physical energy and stamina
• mentally alert
• good judgment
• reliability
• safety-minded
• honest
• sincere
• satisfaction in working hard for rewards beyond financial gain
• willing to help with daily support crews, general maintenance, and work projects to keep the Ranch in shape
• open to a Native American philosophy of respect for self, others, nature, and stewardship of the Earth