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16 Jan 2025
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Description
We are a small home based business near Jasper National Park offering tourist accommodations in cabins, riverside Teepees and campsites plus guided horseback trail rides and winter wagon rides.
Our location has not been under threat or evacuation alert from the wildfires burning in in Jasper National Park.
Note: We have a vacant paid position for an experienced horseperson to guide horseback trail rides during September/October 2024. Previous trail guiding, horse wrangling and hoof trimming knowledge are required.
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Improve English language skills, gain knowledge of tourism business operation, meet travelers from many locations, enjoy peaceful country setting along Athabasca River, get involved with care of horses and assist with horseback trail rides.
Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
During summer season employees provide assistance with a variety of tasks for day to day operation of business. Ideal candidates will have some prior housekeeping, kitchen or farm/ranch experience and will be high energy, self-starting and personable. Must be fluent in English, help with minimal supervision and willing to help flexible hours, 40 hours per week. An interest in or some experience with horses is preferred. Job duties will be primarily housekeeping, laundry, breakfast preparation and campsite maintenance but may include front office, firewood, fencing repairs, basic carpentry, care of horses and assisting with guided horseback trail rides as skills permit. Meals and on-site accommodation can be provided. Couples are welcome. International applicants require valid work permit and SIN.
Please inquire about 3 to 6 months employment during tourism busy season between May to October 2024. Note: Three months minimum term from mid-June to mid-September term are required.
During the Off-Season months from November to April short term stays are offered in exchange for light chores, experience with horses and interest in in harness driving during winter months is preferred. Workawayers are expected to contribute a pre-agreed amount of time per day in exchange for lodging and meals of equal value based on $15/hour.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
During Peak-Season on-site accommodation can be provided in comfortable holiday trailer with optional meals taken in main house. Off-Season accommodation is a suite in the main house.
What else ...
We are located a 15 minute drive from world famous Jasper National Park and a ten minute drive from several lakes in William A. Switzer Provincial Park. Horses can be ridden for pleasure by employees dependent on horsemanship skills.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (5)
We had our own trailer to live in and it soon felt like our own little home. The work was manageable and various: we cared for the horses, provided them with hay and water, brushed and tacked them up for the rides and un-tacked them afterwards. We cleaned the cabins and teepees and… read more
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We had our own trailer to live in and it soon felt like our own little home. The work was manageable and various: we cared for the horses, provided them with hay and water, brushed and tacked them up for the rides and un-tacked them afterwards. We cleaned the cabins and teepees and… read more
Her horses are so lovely- you will fall in love! The accommodation she provided was comfortable and clean and the food was really good with the option of making additions to the shopping list if you had any meal ideas.
All of the tasks she… read more
