Join Us Next Season!
Trip Leader and Trip Prep Specialist applications for the 2025 season are now closed. We will begin welcoming applications for the 2026 season in October 2025. To be the first know when our 2026 Field Staff Applications are open, click HERE to provide us with your email and you will be among the first to be able to apply! The sooner you apply, the better your chances are of being hired. Thanks for your interest in joining Backroads!
Meet Our Leaders
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
Open Field Staff Positions
Trip Leaders
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.
Trip Prep Specialists
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
Some words of wisdom from Backroads Founder & CEO Tom Hale:
"Dear Applicant,
Over forty 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... "
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