Join Us Next Season!
Trip Leader and Trip Prep Specialist applications for the 2024 season are now closed. We will begin welcoming applications for the 2025 season in October 2024. To be the first know when our 2025 Field Staff Applications are open, click HERE to provide us with your email and you will be among the first to apply! The sooner you apply, the better your chances are of being hired. Thanks for your interest in joining Backroads!
Please explore the pages below for more information regarding these positions.
We look forward to meeting you!
The Backroads Field Staff Hiring & Training Team
Curious what it means to be a Backroads Trip Leader? Take a look at this video to meet a few of our amazing field staff!
Open Field Staff Positions
Do you enjoy serving others? Are you passionate about the outdoors? Are you a hard worker with a positive attitude? Are you a natural leader who inspires confidence? Are you an engaging conversationalist? We’re seeking these qualities—and more—in our applicants for Trip Leaders.
The Trip Prep Specialist position requires someone with a systematic and methodic approach, impeccable self-sufficiency, great attention to inventory detail, strong organization skills, the ability to maintain all of Backroads' bikes and related equipment and the desire to create a great working environment.
A Letter From Tom
Read a letter from Backroads Founder & President Tom Hale to all applicants:
"Dear Applicant,
Almost fifty years ago, I was inspired to start Backroads by the belief that traveling actively was the most rewarding way to experience the world. Researching and leading those first trips was an education and a challenge. But most of all, it was fun. And it's still fun... "