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Exposure Alaska

Spend your summer Guiding in Alaska!

Exposure Alaska and MICA Guides offer some of the most challenging and diverse professional guiding opportunities in Alaska. Our guides are not just van drivers or tour guides, but experienced outdoor leaders competent in many skills. They may be teaching ice climbing, leading a fly-in mountaineering expedition or taking a family sea kayaking in Prince William Sound.

Guiding for Exposure Alaska Exposure Alaska and MICA Guides share many aspects of their operations, including employees. Each Summer, we hire 4-5 Lead Guides, 2 Boat Captains, 6 or 7 Assistant Guide/Interns and a few Admin & Logistics support folks. If you’ve got the skills and experience, or are interested in beginning a guiding career, contact us about joining our team.

Our Jobs

Professional Guides, USCG Licensed Captains and Interns/Assistant Guides

Sleep and Eat

Many of the Guides and all of the Interns live in their own tents and share cooking facilities provided at our two Base Camps, our original homestead (KR) or at the Matanuska Glacier. Showers are available near the glacier and a "greenhouse shower" and soak in the hot tub are often an option at KR. Our Glacier Base Camp now has electricity and wireless internet.

Other Perks

Lead Guide compensation depends on experience and is at the high end for the industry, plus tips. Assistant Guide/Interns receive a stipend for room and board and, once trained to lead their own glacier trips, tips. We work closely with Interns to meet any educational requirements. While our Interns are often needed to lead glacier treks (and that is their primary role), we put a high priority on giving them a well-rounded Alaska experience.

Getting Here and Getting Around

Reach us by flying into Anchorage or driving up from the Lower 48. We provide transportation from Anchorage to our Base. Driving up is an adventure in itself and having a car is helpful but not necessary. Rides are easily shared up and down the highway from our Base Camp.

For Fun

ice climbing Summer in Alaska means working and playing hard. With almost endless hours of daylight, there's often time for climbing, paddling, biking and hiking...after a full day of work that is. Our staff average one day a week off and typically work from late May through early September.

But "work" means trekking and climbing on the glacier, kayaking in Prince William Sound, hiking in the mountains or rafting on the rivers. (As well as Guiding our Guests, buying and packing food, taking care of gear, cleaning the van...the list is long!)

How to Apply

Extensive information about working with us is available on the employment page of our website, linked below. This includes current positions available, requirements and application instructions. Please review this information before applying.

We usually reply to letters, messages and phone calls only if a current opening exists.

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