Experience Alaska's Arctic in the Brooks Mountain Range!

Two hundred sixty miles north of the nearest traffic light in Fairbanks --- two hundred forty miles south of the Arctic Ocean --- sixty miles north of the Arctic Circle --- sixty miles south of the northernmost extent of the tree line --- adjacent to the 8.2 million acre Gates of the Arctic National Park, wilderness jewel of the National Park System --- surrounded by the remote wilderness and unpeopled distances that are Alaska's Brooks Mountain Range --- blessed with 24 hours of summer daylight and magical winter nightscapes --- directly under the aurora oval, one of the best places in the world to view the mysterious and awe-inspiring aurora borealis (from late-August through mid-April).

Sound like a great place to live and work?

In this remote wilderness, Coldfoot Camp's convenient roadside location at Dalton Highway mile 175 helps make it THE legendary base camp for the region --- offering food, lodging, fuel, outdoor adventure activities, and other services for those working, living, or recreating in the region.

Central to the soulful hospitality found at Coldfoot Camp is the Trucker's café (yes, the one featured on History Channel's Ice Road Truckers), open year-round, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (kitchen open from 6am to midnight). During the summer months, Coldfoot Camp offers delectable breakfast and dinner buffet service in addition to the year-round traditional truckstop-style menu service offered year-round. A Dalton highway refuge, Coldfoot plays host to truckers, hunters, hikers, sightseers and locals alike --- a place for the community of travelers to meet on Alaska's wilderness highway.

Coldfoot Camp exists amid an awe-inspiring arctic backdrop. Winter, summer, spring and fall Coldfoot Camp is a great place to live and work: a special place in Alaska's vast Brooks Mountain Range.

Sleep and Eat

Summer

During the summer months, Coldfoot Camp Coworkers can expect to share a 3-season tent with one other coworker. There is no electricity in the tents.  Access to electrical outlets for recharging is available at a variety of locations in camp.  Shower facilities are a short walk from tents. Because shower facilities will incorporate an outdoor walk, it is necessary to bring proper clothing and footwear.  Bedding will be issued to you when you arrive at Coldfoot Camp.  Bedding includes: linens, blankets and pillows.  You are required to bring your own towels and shower accessories. 

Winter

Housing accommodations during the winter season are located inside.  The rooms are double occupancy rooms inside coworker housing; this is dormitory-style housing with bathrooms down the hall.  Each room has electricity and bedding will be issued upon arrival. 

Coldfoot Camp coworkers are provided three meals per day at no cost to the coworker. When available, coworkers are required to access breakfast, lunch and dinner meals from the buffet set-up to serve Camp guests. When buffet meals are not available or inaccessible due to work schedules, coworkers may order off the same menu used by camp guests.

Coldfoot Camp is a drug-free workplace and all applicants should feel comfortable with both pre-employment and random drug testing.

Other Perks

Some of the benefits of working at Coldfoot Camp are:

• Housing and meals are provided at no cost to coworker
  
• Competitive wages
• Transportation Reimbursement Season Completion Bonus
• Space available ground tours and flights at no cost to the coworker with our sister companies Northern Alaska Tour Company, Air Arctic and Dalton Highway Express
• Live and explore in Alaska's arctic
• Develop friendships that last a lifetime

Getting Here and Getting Around

Location: Dalton Highway Mile 175

Recognizing that, for many, airfare is a major obstacle to summer work in Alaska, Coldfoot Camp offers a season completion transportation season completion bonus.

Transportation arrangements to/from Fairbanks, Alaska and all associated costs are a coworker’s responsibility. The cost of roundtrip air transportation to/from Fairbanks, Alaska typically ranges between $600.oo and $1,000.00. Upon successful completion of a pre-established season completion date [minimum four-month season], a coworker receives a $500.00 bonus to help defray the transportation costs associated with getting to/from Alaska.

In cases where a coworker is having difficulty securing a cost-effective ticket to Alaska, it is not unusual for us to assist with the procurement and purchase of an airline ticket on behalf of the coworker. In these cases, the entire cost of the ticket is aggressively deducted from the coworkers first paycheck(s).

Transportation arrangements between Fairbanks and Coldfoot at the beginning/end of your season [along with all associated costs] are Coldfoot Camp’s responsibility.

For Fun

A wilderness playground for self-motivated individuals who are comfortable forging their own path, Coldfoot Camp offers diverse recreation options such as a challenging ridgeline hike, peaceful reflection by the river or mid-day walk across trail-less tundra. At Coldfoot Camp, THE wilderness experience in Alaska's arctic is just steps out the back door where one journeys through tundra valleys surrounded by timberline plateaus that define Alaska's arctic.

How to Apply

Please complete our on-line application.

International/J-1 Applicants Welcome.

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