Apprentice Interpretive Guide - Spring​/Summer

Embrace your passion for hiking, skiing, snowboarding and many other outdoor activities in Banff National Park while pursuing a fulfilling career at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Take a risk, make a change and experience a new adventure while further developing your career. To live and work in a National Park is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Our team is a network of empowered individuals with a strong sense of themselves and the hospitality industry.

Work hard, play hard and receive extraordinary benefits including subsidized onsite accommodations, which make saving money very easy to manage. Join our Fairmont family today!

The Apprentice Interpretive Guide delivers safe, engaging, and consistent interpretive programs for hotel leisure guests and tour groups. This role focuses on leading established programs, building guiding and interpretation skills, and supporting daily operations of the Adventure Guiding program.

Pay Rate: $23.91 / hour

Start Date: May 18th, 2026

Job

Duties Include:

Program Delivery

· Lead scheduled interpretive programs including guided walks, hikes, hotel history tours, lake shore programs, and front-country excursions

· Deliver established interpretive themes and scripts while incorporating appropriate personal storytelling

· Provide short interpretive presentations for tour groups at key viewpoints and locations

· Assist Professional Guides on more complex or remote programs as assigned

Guest Experience

· Create welcoming, professional, and engaging experiences for predominantly leisure hotel guests

· Answer guest questions related to local history, wildlife, ecology, geography, and the UNESCO World Heritage Site

· Represent Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in a professional and knowledgeable manner at all times

Transportation & Safety

· Safely operate hotel vehicles (Class 4 license required) to transport guests to and from program locations

· Conduct vehicle safety checks and report maintenance concerns

· Maintain constant awareness of guest safety on trails and at program sites

· Follow all Parks Canada regulations and hotel risk management procedures

Operational Support

· Assist with daily program preparation including radios, first aid kits, interpretive materials, and guest equipment

· Help maintain guiding gear, canoes, PFDs, hiking kits, and storage areas

· Support boathouse or related operations during peak periods when required

· Assist with basic administrative tasks such as program counts and incident reporting

Job Perks & Benefits:

Visa Requirements: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada.