Learn to operate historic wooden boats and give guided boat tours and hikes in Glacier National Park!

Glacier Park Boat Company is a small business that has been owned and operated by the same family since 1938. We operate historic tour boats in multiple locations in Glacier National Park, sharing the natural beauty and incredible history of the Park with thousands of visitors every year from a unique perspective that can only be experienced by boat.

Depending on the location, our employees will assist visitors with rental craft, drive passenger vessels while providing interpretive commentary, and take passengers on guided hikes.

Each of our 5 locations has something different to offer, and our smaller size means that we develop a true sense of community amongst our crew members. We pride ourselves on our retention rate, and employees come back year after year to experience the magic of a summer in Glacier with Glacier Park Boat Company!

Employees work a 4-day-on, 3-day-off schedule, ensuring there is plenty of time to truly get out and explore Glacier National Park!

Our crew size ranges from 7 to 10 employees per location, and we have 5 locations throughout the park: Apgar, Lake McDonald, Two Medicine, Rising Sun, and Many Glacier. Apgar is rental-only and does not offer tours, but staff there will still have the opportunity to provide commentary on tours at Lake McDonald.

Rising Sun and Two Medicine offer both tours and guided hikes.

With the size of our crews and with our seasonal staff numbering less than 50 people, our employees end up forming close friendships, developing a tight-knit community that often extends past the end of the season. 

A successful employee at Glacier Park Boat Company is one who loves people and the outdoors, and loves to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with our visitors who come from all over the world. They are outgoing, friendly, and don't panic when something doesn't go according to plan. They can get along with people of different backgrounds and personalities. They are easy-going, yet respect that what we do carries a lot of responsibility and should be taken seriously.

An employee should also be able to stay throughout their location's entire season. We train all employees on-site before operations start, and it is difficult to train a new employee once tours have begun!

Some of the perks of working for Glacier Park Boat Company include:

• Free housing

• a free crop share provided once a week

• a four-day-on, three-day-off work week

• designated employee-use boats 

• company-hosted parties at least 2x a summer

• Free boat tours for immediate family members of employees

Our employees are provided free housing within a short walk or bike ride from work, often in a historic residence right on the shores of the lakes we work on. Most employees will share a room with anywhere from 1 to 3 coworkers, but there are a few private rooms.

Meals are not provided; however, each location receives a free crop share once a week consisting of fresh, local produce. Each location splits the cost of groceries, and employees take turns cooking meals for their house.

Most of our locations do not require a personal vehicle to get from their housing to work, which are either a short walk or bike ride away. Some bikes are provided, but if an employee has their own they are encouraged to bring it. There are also hop-on, hop-off shuttles that operate on both the west and east side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road that allow people to access trailheads without the need for a car or the need to find parking.

However, while employees can generally find a ride, the convenience of having a personal vehicle to get to other parts of the Park or into town to run errands is often a factor in whether an employee decides to bring their own car. If an employee chooses not to bring their own car and flies to Montana, there is always someone from management or a local employee who is happy to pick them up and transport them to their location.

Northwest Montana is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Having access to over a million acres of lakes, glaciers, mountains, rivers, and waterfalls right outside your door is an incredible opportunity that not many people get to have. Our employees often bike the Going-to-the-Sun Road before it is open to vehicle traffic, have star-gazing parties at Logan Pass, attend music festivals like Zootown in Missoula, Under the Big Sky in Whitefish, or any of the numerous local shows, take weekend trips to Canada to visit Banff and Waterton, throw themed location parties, go on multi-day backpacking trips to see some of the less-visited parts of Glacier, go fishing from our employee-use boats, float rivers... the opportunities are truly endless, and there is something for everyone!