2013 Internships - Apex Mountain School
Apex Mountain School —
Avon, CO
APEX MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY 2013:
We are currently accepting applications for our Spring 2013 and Summer 2013 internship positions. Our program receives high accolades from interns of past. Our focus is on growing field opportunities for the intern by providing an environment that they can flourish and challenge themselves in. Past interns have gone on to place immediately in key positions with industry leaders.
Apex Mountain School provides an internship program that appeals to a wide array of students, with focus areas including:
outdoor education
parks and recreation
marketing and advertising
public relations
internet marketing
web development
outdoor leadership
business development
Company overview:
Apex is a full service mountaineering company, based in Vail, Colorado. We provide both group and private guided activities in the following disciplines: rock climbing, ice climbing, alpine climbing, rappelling, indoor wall climbing, bouldering, snowshoeing, backcountry ski touring and ski & snowboard descents, and backcountry hut to hut tours by ski/board/snowshoe/mountain biking/hiking. As a school, we provide open enrollment and private classes in avalanche education, backcountry skiing, rock and ice climbing, wilderness medicine, survival skills and navigation by map & compass and GPS. Additionally, we offer team-building and organizational development events and curriculum for large corporate groups, as well as group events for weddings, family reunions, bachelor/bachelorette parties and other groups. We contract for rigging, professional video and still shoot sessions, site scouting and speaking engagements.
Position available:
600 hours over 15 weeks, broken into 540 office and/or guiding hours (experience and skills dependent) and 60 field training and/or assistant guiding hours. Field hours often far exceed the requirement, and we fully support this provided performance is met in the office environment.
This internship is without monetary pay, and requires a full-time commitment.
The intern may be involved in many facets of the business, with an emphasis on day-to-day operations, marketing and advertising, and/or program development, and other facets of the operation, depending on qualifications and motivations of the intern and needs of the company. Responsibility is dictated by interns performance.