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Summer Jobs at B Bar Ranch

B Bar Ranch near Emigrant, MT is nestled among the 10,000-foot peaks of the Gallatin mountain range in the Tom Miner Basin, which sweeps from Yellowstone National Park’s northern boundary to intersect with Montana’s fabled Paradise Valley. The ranch’s nine thousand acres of open meadows, forested hillsides, riparian areas and mountainous wildlands provide excellent habitat for the region’s renowned wildlife species, including grizzly and black bears, elk and moose, wolves and coyotes, and countless varieties of birdlife. The ranch is a place of spectacular beauty, and committed to protecting its unique and extraordinary landscape.

A working ranch since 1906, the B Bar today provides summer range for the ranch's herd of Ancient White Park Cattle (from which organic, grass-finished beef is sold), irrigates two large pastures, puts up hay each year and operates a high-altitude organic garden and greenhouse featuring heirloom varieties of vegetables and herbs for our guests and for sale along with maintaining an intensively-developed landscape at ranch headquarters.

The view from the B Bar Ranch

Historically serving as a dude ranch and hunting lodge, today B Bar Ranch welcomes a wide range of guests including weddings, reunions, workshops and retreats as well as board, staff, and patron meetings and events for selected non-profit groups. The guest facilities accommodate up to 40 guests and include a rambling lodge with a dining room, large living room, and four suites plus an additional six cabins overlooking a pond with spectacular views to mountains and the valley beyond.

There are two categories of positions to apply for listed below. From time to time, for all employees, each position may be asked to perform jobs other than the job for which s/he was hired. This may happen at times of employee illnesses, or during particularly busy or slow times. Dates for all positions are generally from mid-April through October.

Our Jobs

Property and Resource Seasonal Staff – Summer
Specific responsibilities include flood and pivot irrigation, pole, barbed wire and electric fence building and repair, bucking and stacking hay bales, safe firewood harvesting, assisting with organic weed control, low stress cattle handling by horseback, safe riding skills, assisting with maintenance of buildings (such as painting and minor repairs), vehicles, and equipment (oil changes and assisting with minor repairs). Appreciation of the ecosystem is a must.

Guest Services Seasonal Staff – Summer
There are two categories of employees in this department. They all assist in inventories, moving guest luggage, and driving local mountain road in a ranch vehicle for food orders.

1. Horticulture Assistants: Specific responsibilities include seeding flats, preparing, composting, amending growing beds, transplanting and direct sowing seeds and plant material, much watering, much weeding, cultivating, seed-saving, creating compost, mowing and string trimming, mulching and deadheading, organic pest control, maintaining irrigation systems, designing and landscaping new areas, transplanting existing plant material, seeding and sodding natural or damaged areas and pruning trees and shrubs. This position also assists in harvesting and delivering produce to the ranch kitchen and commercial buyers. Additionally, s/he is expected to help finish the season by ‘putting the garden to bed’ in such a way as to prepare it properly for the next season.

2. Housekeeping and Kitchen Support: This position works in both departments. Specific responsibilities in housekeeping include cleaning all lodge rooms, cabins, and public areas, cleaning, pressing, folding, storing laundry, hot tub treatments, organizing linens and supplies, replenishing cleaning supplies, keeping all housekeeping storage and work areas clean, neat and supplied, keeping all guest activity areas uncluttered and organized, helping to maintain the tennis court. Specific responsibilities in kitchen include washing dishes, helping to keep kitchen clean and organized, table setting and decorating, assisting in food preparation, and serving guests. Professional cooking skills are a plus.

Our Ideal Candidate...

We are looking for applicants who are hard working, self- motivated, flexible, ecology minded, and team oriented. Employees who best fit these jobs recognize that they are coming here foremost to work, and then for their own personal enjoyment. Some of the work activities are interesting and offer learning opportunities, while others are less glamorous but equally important. We expect much from our employees, and in return treat them well and desire that they leave having had an optimal summer experience.

Sleep and Eat

vegie harvest! We provide quality housing for our seasonal employees. These buildings are at or near ranch headquarters, fully furnished and have private bedrooms, shared bathrooms, large living area, full kitchen/dining area and laundry facilities. We do not have ranch wide employee dining facilities and employees are responsible for purchasing and preparing their own food. We offer a competitive salary and provide the opportunity to work and play in one of the most spectacular settings in the Northern Rockies.

Getting Here and Getting Around

Because of our relatively remote location, we encourage employees to have their own vehicles. If this is not possible, however, we are happy to arrange transport from the Bozeman, MT airport.

For Fun

The B Bar View Outdoor recreational opportunities abound on the ranch and the surrounding wildlands of Greater Yellowstone. The country begs to be explored by avid hikers. The fabled Yellowstone River (at the turnoff to the ranch) is a mecca for flyfishing. And Yellowstone Park with its myriad of wonders is just 40 minutes away. If you enjoy the outdoors, the mountains, and the likelihood of seeing everything from grizzly bears to wolves to moose to elk herds that number in the hundreds all from your front and backyard, B Bar should be on the top of your list when deciding where to work this summer.