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Join the Team: Winter Food & Beverage Janitor

Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Boise National Forest, ID, Seasonal, Winter Operating Season

Are you a hardworking team player passionate about creating a welcoming environment for guests? At Bogus Basin, the largest nonprofit Mountain Recreation Area in the nation, we offer a unique space where community meets the mountain. We're seeking a Winter Food & Beverage Janitor to help maintain clean and safe lodge facilities during the winter season, ensuring every guest enjoys their time on the mountain.

Why Bogus Basin?

Where Mountain Life Meets City Living: Enjoy the rare opportunity to work at a four-season mountain recreation area while living in Boise-one of the fastest-growing, most livable cities in the U.S. With a vibrant downtown, walkable neighborhoods, and a thriving arts and food scene, Boise offers urban amenities with small-town charm, just 16 miles from the slopes.

Mission-Driven, Community-Focused: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Bogus Basin is dedicated to providing accessible, affordable outdoor recreation, education, and community programming year-round. Every dollar earned is reinvested into the mountain and its people; not shareholders. Our values of kindness, respect, professionalism, and fun shape a workplace where everyone is welcome.

Unbeatable Access to the Outdoors: Located in the Boise National Forest, Bogus Basin offers year-round activities; from skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and tubing in the winter to mountain biking, hiking, and scenic chairlift rides in the summer. Employees enjoy the perks of mountain life with none of the resort town isolation.

How You'll Make a Difference

As a Winter Food & Beverage Janitor, you'll play a key role in providing guests with a positive lodge experience by ensuring all areas are safe, clean, and well-maintained. From keeping dining areas tidy to ensuring bathrooms are stocked and walkways are clear, your work helps create a welcoming environment for everyone who visits the mountain.

A Day in the Life

You'll start your shift in one of the bustling Bogus Basin lodges, greeting staff and checking your assigned areas. Throughout the day, you'll clean dining spaces, restock bathrooms, remove trash, and help keep walkways safe from snow and ice. Along the way, you'll assist guests with questions or direct them to the right department. At the end of your shift, you'll know you helped make the lodge feel like home for thousands of mountain visitors.

Key Responsibilities

Janitorial & Facility Care

• Maintain a neat and clean condition of all assigned areas, including trash removal, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and window cleaning.
• Clean and restock bathrooms, reporting any maintenance issues as needed.
• Organize and maintain cleanliness in lodge common areas.

Safety & Guest Support

• Promote safety by following safe practices and reporting unsafe conditions.
• Assist guests with questions or concerns, or direct them to supervisors/managers.

Other Duties

• Perform other related tasks as necessary.

Requirements

What You Bring

• Passion for Bogus Basin's mission.
• Ability to perform janitorial tasks efficiently and accurately with or without supervision.
• Team-oriented mindset and strong communication skills.
• Physical ability to stand, balance, walk, reach, stoop, kneel, or crouch as required.
• Ability to lift, move, and/or support up to 35 lbs.
• Manual dexterity to perform cleaning and stocking duties.
• Ability to work the full winter season (mid-October through mid-May).
• Must be able to pass a background check.

What We Offer

• Seasonal employment with opportunities to return annually.
• Exclusive employee perks: free or discounted ski passes for you and your family, as well as resort discounts.
• A supportive, community-oriented workplace with a focus on inclusion, recreation, and professional growth.

Working Conditions

• Majority of time spent in lodge environments (restaurant areas).
• Indoor and outdoor work, with exposure to inclement weather.

Be Part of Something Bigger

At Bogus Basin, you'll help shape a mission-driven nonprofit that brings recreation and education to the Treasure Valley all year long. If you're ready to bring your energy and work ethic to our True Bogus Spirit, we want to hear from you. Apply now and help us keep the mountain a safe and welcoming place for all.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bogus Basin provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Application assistance available upon request.