Ranch Wrangler / Packer

Triple J is a wilderness guest ranch on the edge of the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and the wrangler/packer role is the one position on its employment page still shown as open; the plain wrangler and kid’s wrangler jobs are marked filled. Mule packing experience is mandatory and the ranch asks people without it not to apply. The job is a ranch wrangler’s work for most of the summer, saddling up to forty horses a day and looking after the guest riding programme and the livestock, then switching over to packing mules for wilderness pack trips, repeated hay and supply runs, and the ranch’s backcountry elk hunting season in the fall. Horse experience including basic vet care, shoeing and training is required, and wranglers bring their own saddle. Room and board are furnished.