Crossed Sabres Ranch

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Do you love cooking and want to build your culinary experience? Come help fill our guests (30-50 people) stomachs with western country cooking. Previous professional cooking is preferred, but not required. As the assistant chef, you will prepare breakfast and help the head chef prep for lunch and dinner. This support may include kitchen cleanliness, receiving weekly food deliveries, food prepping, and baking.

Our season runs May 15th - September 10th. Start and end dates can be flexible, however, preference is give to applicants who can work the entire season. 

Our fly-fishing guides take guests fishing on the Shoshone River in the heart of the Shoshone National Forest. Stunning scenery, plenty of fish, and incredible guests—make the North Fork of the Shoshone River a premier fly-fishing destination. You and your fellow fishing guides will be in charge of our fishing program where we provide Orvis gear and flycasting lessons for adults and children. Our fishing trips are solely walk/wade trips as we have easy access to the river. We promise you will never run out of favorite fishing holes here.

When you’re not fishing, you will help out with ranch maintenance (landscaping, mowing, minor plumbing, etc), double as a tour guide for our weekly trip to Yellowstone, and keep the saloon stocked.

We do ask all of our employees to help in general ranch jobs outside of their specific department as needed. Some of these jobs are socializing with guests, helping with BB guns, archery, and hatchet throwing, washing dishes, square dancing, skeet shooting, rodeo transportation, airport shuttles, and anything else needed to ensure the success of the ranch.

Position requirements :

• Minimum age to apply – 20
• Must be able to work May 15th - August 20th , Preference given to applicants who can work till the end of season September 10th 
• Extensive fly-fishing experience, with previous guiding a plus
• Experience in basic maintenance and operating landscaping machinery (lawn mower, trimmers, etc.)
• Valid Driver’s License
• Valid First Aid/CPR/AED certifications covering time of employment

Our housekeeping staff, better known around the ranch as cabin wranglers, keep Crossed Sabres Ranch clean and tidy. They assist chefs in the kitchen and serve our guests until stomachs are full! Nearly all meals are served from a buffet. Once a week, cabin wranglers serve a plated steak dinner. 

Our cabin wranglers operate as a team. Everyone pitches in doing laundry, cleaning cabins/lodge, setting up and breaking down meals, washing dishes, serving guests and babysitting. In addition, we ask our cabin wranglers to assist in guiding hikes, conducting archery/hatchets for adults and archery/BB guns for kids. You will also drive vans for off ranch activities such as the Yellowstone tour, rodeo, rafting, and skeet shooting.  We ask all staff to join in and socialize with guests, play games in the saloon and participate in square dancing. If you are hard working, a team player, and have excellent customer service skills, join our team of cabin wranglers! 

Requirement to be considered for the cabin wrangler position: 

• Minimum age to apply – 19
• Valid driver’s license
• Valid First Aid/CPR/AED Certification covering time of employment 

A wrangler at Crossed Sabres Ranch must be a responsible team player with excellent horsemanship skills. He/She must have an outgoing personality and provide first class customer service while maintaining a safety first state of mind. 

The main responsibility of our wranglers is leading our guests on trail rides and providing a safe, first class experience. Wranglers are expected to lead rides of any skill level, provide lessons, and have an in depth knowledge of our trail system. In addition to leading rides, wranglers are responsible for completing other responsibilities and helping with the overall success of the department. This includes caring for 50 plus head of horses, maintaining a clean and organized corral/tack room, wrangling horses in and out of grazing, saddling over 35 head of horses, assisting guests prior to rides, adjusting cinches and tack, and helping guests safely mount their horse. 

While on the trail a wrangler should: 

• Exhibit good horsemanship skills that reflect Crossed Sabres Ranch riding policy.
• Set a good example by wearing appropriate apparel (boots with heels, long pants, stampede strings) and abiding by the ranch’s rules and regulations.
• Communicate with your guests and get to know them. Provide information on things such as the area, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park, horsemanship, etc. 
• Display concern for the well being of the horse.
• Take control of a group no matter what skill level. 
• Display good judgement in dealing with guests and horses in all situations.
• Anticipate potentially dangerous situations on the trail.
• Utilize emergency skills as necessary on the trail.
• Be able to handle horses on the ground and in the saddle.
• Be able to say NO to any guest who may jeopardize the safety of you, your guests, or the horses. 

As a wrangler you will help with clearing and maintaining trails, fixing fence, maintaining buildings and property, digging holes, loading hay, cleaning and oiling tack, and chopping firewood.

We do ask all of our employees to help in general ranch jobs outside of their specific department as needed. Some of these jobs are socializing with guests, helping with BB guns, archery, hatchet throwing, washing dishes, square dancing, skeet shooting, rodeo transportation, airport shuttles, and anything else needed to ensure the success of the ranch. 

Wranglers will be provided the necessary training to competently complete the above responsibilities.

Requirements to be considered for the wrangler position: 

• Minimum age to apply is 20 
• Must be able to work our entire season May 15 - September 12 
• Extensive equine knowledge and experience  
• Valid driver’s license
• Valid First Aid/CPR/AED certification covering time of employment