CO, White River, Eagle-Holy Cross, Yeoman, Camp Host at American Land & Leisure – EAGLE, Colorado

Host Site is:

• Yeoman, #H

Amenities:

• Water: Not Provided
• Sewer: Vault
• Electricity: Yes
• Satellite: Yes
  

Anticipated Dates of Employment are:

• May 15th - October 5th

Anticipated Weekly Hours are:

• 15-20 hrs./ week (hours may be split by a couple).

Assigned Facilities:

• Yeoman Park CG, 23 sites, 4 vaults
  
• Fulford Cave CG, 6 sites, 1 vault
• Yeoman Trail Head

Elevation Range of Facilities:

• 8,300 - 10,000

Overview of the Position:

Our hosts are a guest's first point of contact when they arrive at a facility. They greet the public, assist them with questions, finding a site, or providing guidance about the forest and local area. A Host's goal is to provide excellent, memorable customer service during a guest's use of a facility.

Prior to a guest's arrival, the Host prepares the facility, sites, and amenities for the clean, operable, and safe use. This entails cleaning, landscaping, inspection, and maintenance of the grounds, sites, restrooms, amenities, and additional facilities. A short list of examples of hosts maintenance and landscaping duties may include painting buildings, repairing picnic tables, walking the entire length of the campgrounds assigned as part of the daily inspection, mowing, trimming, clearing brush and weeding.

During a guest's visit, a Host continues cleaning, landscaping, inspection, and maintenance as well as additionally collects fees, fulfills reservations, upholds rules, and sells approved items.

When a guest leaves, the Host promptly attends to the site and makes it ready for the next guest. Additional duties and projects are assigned by managers as needs arise.

Cleaning and maintenance duties will account for at least 50%- 75% of a host's scheduled work hours.

TOOLS USED

Common tools used to complete a Camp Host's duties may include

Cleaning tools: Toilet brush, toilet plunger, scrub brush, paint brush, various cleaning products and chemicals.

Maintenance tools: Ladders, hammers, screw drivers, levels, various wrenches and rachets, various common powered saws and hand saws. Powered drills and screw drivers are also commonly used.

Painting and staining tools: paint brushes, paint rollers, staining brushes, masking tape, drop cloths, scrapers, various paints and varnishes, and chemical paint remover.

Landscaping tools: Various lawn mowers (push mower, rider mower, Zero-turn mower), loppers, shears, powered edger's, hand saws and chainsaws.

Personal Protection Equipment will be provided. Depending on the task, these may include, Non-latex cleaning gloves, leather gloves, eye and/ or face protection, ear protection, aprons, and chaps.

SKILLS / ABILITIES NEEDED TO BE A SUCCESSFUL HOST

Customer Service and Smiling skills

Leadership and Communication skills to effectively influence and educate guests while treating them with kindness and respect.

Problem solving and conflict resolution skills.

Ability to bend over, turn side to side, and kneel to clean toilets, bathrooms, and fire pits.

Ability to safely climb and work on a ladder.

Cash-handling and cash reconciliation skills.

Basic Computer operation skills and experience.

Email and electronic spreadsheet skills and experience.

Driving skills

Time Management skills.

Schedule

The employment schedule in this area is stated below. These are approximate seasonal employment dates. Weather, conditions and closures may affect this schedule as well as final job assignments. The manager will contact hosts with updates to the employment schedule.

Location: Yeoman Park Campground is at an elevation of 9,000 feet, Yeoman Park Campground is located on the edge of a wetland meadow near Brush Creek and is partly within a mature spruce forest. There are beautiful views of Craig Peak (11,902 ft).

Yeoman Park campground has 23 campsites; 11 sites have tent platforms; 15 of the sites are within a forested area while the other 9 are in the open. Eighteen sites can accommodate RV's 15-30 feet long and 6 sites have room for vehicles longer than 30 ft. Some sites have been upgraded with gravel living areas. All sites have ADA fire rings, tables, and food lockers. Two trails emanate from the campground providing easy hiking opportunities (Will Brown Trail and Five Senses Trail). There is no water, electricity, or cellular coverage at this site.

A solar host site with a propane generator was constructed 2019-2022 with 1500 watts of power, 2500-gallon septic tank, large parking spur, table, fire ring and storage shed. Satellite service is anticipated for summer 2023. This host manages Fulford Cave Campground along with Yeoman Park Campground.

*A phased fee increase for this site may be entertained to bring it up to similar campground offerings in this package. The site has not been reservable, but the holder may propose to put Yeoman on the reservation system.

Fulford Cave Campground has 6 sites and is in a sparse stand of young aspen, spruce, and fir, near an active beaver pond and East Brush Creek. From this high location, there are nice views of Yeoman Park below. The cave is less than 1 mile from the campground and requires a permit to enter. Adjacent trailhead parking services several trails which enter the Holy Cross Wilderness. Ironedge trail leads to a popular 10th Mountain hut (Peter Estin). This campground has small sites, clustered together and only one site could accommodate a vehicle up to 20 feet long. Toilet is shared with the trailhead. All the tables and fire rings meet ADA standards, and all sites have food lockers. There is no water at this site.