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Tarryall River Ranch

"Remember: There are No Strangers in Our Corner of the West!"

A summer vacation at Tarryall River Ranch will never be forgotten! The magnificent scenery and the clear mountain air combined with great activities and warm hospitality provides a vacation of a lifetime for our guests and an unforgettable experience for our staff!

Our ranch is nestled in a sweet little valley in the Pike's National Forest of The Rocky Mountains on the edge of Lost Creek Wilderness at an elevation of 8600 feet. There are 12,000 feet high mountain peaks on one side of the ranch and rolling hills and meadows on the other side with the Tarryall River running right through the middle on our Ranch!

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At Tarryall River Ranch, giving our guests the vacation-of-a-lifetime is the common goal we as owners, managers and staff must continually strive for all summer! Therefore we have extremely high expectations for our staff! It takes a lot of hard work and people skills to offer the type of vacation experience we make available to our guests. Staff members must truly care about - their work, reaching our common goal, their fellow staff members, following expectations, and most importantly our guests. We expect each staff member to make a commitment to the Ranch for the summer, stick to it, and give 110% from beginning to end! What it all boils down to is this: We expect our staff at Tarryall River Ranch to give us a summer dedicated to the best interests of the Ranch and promoting the Ranch at all times. There is no room for any personal agendas. If you were hired and followed these expectations, you would have the best summer and experience of your life filled with great memories, pictures, friendships, and opportunities! A summer at Tarryall River Ranch is the summer experience opportunity of a lifetime!

We take pride in our work and do everything possible to provide our guests with the best vacation experience of their lives! We expect our staff to do the same.

We have guests from around the world in all different fields and careers and the possibilities of doors opening to you from the people you would meet at Tarryall are endless. This is much more than a summer job; this is an opportunity that may be the next step to take you many places in the future!

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Working at Tarryall River Ranch in any capacity is a lot of work but also a lot of fun! If you fit into all of the above and follow the expectations outlined, you will work hard but have a blast that will change your life in a positive way forever! We continue to have staff come back year after year because they have so much fun and don’t want to leave the ranch life. It really is the experience of a lifetime!

Staff begins arriving as soon as possible after May 1st and stay as close to Oct 1st as possible. Only apply if you can stay at least until August 20, 2013. Our guest season runs from May 24 to September 23, 2013.

Our Jobs

We've filled all our positions for summer 2013. We'll begin accepting applications for next summer in October. Stop back by then to apply!

Housekeepers/Waitstaff
Prep Cooks/Kitchen Assistant
Wranglers/Trail Guides
Kids Counselors
Nanny (for ranch owners grandchildren)

Our Ideal Candidate

We hire PROFESSIONAL young men and women who are responsible and able to follow directions without question. Respect is earned. We will never ask our staff to do anything we wouldn't do ourselves, and our staff will never be asked to work more hours than we do ourselves. We hire staff that have a good attitude, work hard, follow expectations set by the owners/managers, and do their best for the Ranch.

We don’t have the luxury of a long training period for our staff to catch on to how we do things. Our staff may only be here for 3 months or at the most 4 1/2 months. As a result of the short time frame we are working with, we give our staff two weeks to catch on, learn their responsibilities, and complete tasks how we expect them to be completed.

Since all employees at Tarryall River Ranch work and live together, it is imperative that we hire people who are flexible, have good people skills, and who like working as a team towards a common goal.

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Room and Board

Housing is bunk house style, therefore it is imperative that you respect the space of your roommates. Towels, pillow, and bed linens are provided. Storage space is small so please pack appropriately. We do supply you with a list of items we feel important for you to pack.
A laundry room is available on the Ranch.

There are three meals a day. Breakfast is eaten with the Staff in the Staff Dining Room. Lunch and Dinner are eaten with the Guests in the Main Dining Room.

Perks

Our compensation package consists of a base salary, in which a minimum amount for room and board will be deducted, you will also receive an equal share of the tip pool with each monthly pay check.

We believe every staff members job is as important as the next so the tip share for all staff members is the same percentage.

For the most part all cell phones do work in our location, if not, there is a phone available designated for staff only when you need to make a call; it requires a calling card.

Getting Here and Getting Around

Wrangler jobs at Tarryall River Ranch, Colorado Transportation to and from the Tarryall River Ranch is primarily the responsibility and at the expense of the employee. You may drive by car or fly or take a bus. If you fly or take a bus we will pick you up at the Colorado Springs, Colorado, Airport and/or Bus Station.

For Fun

You will be able to and sometimes be expected to participate in the activities planned for the guests, plus on your day off you will be allowed to do whatever activities the guests are doing. The entire staff has Saturday evening to Sunday evening off. There are many places to go sight-seeing near the ranch and in Colorado Springs. We encourage the staff to go see more of Colorado while there are at the ranch for the summer.