Equestrian Center Wrangler

Few roles at Boyne Mountain put you closer to the natural beauty of northern Michigan than this one.

As an Equestrian Center Wrangler , you’ll lead guests on trail and pony rides while providing daily care for our herd — a variety of horses — in accordance with Boyne Equestrian Center standards.

This is a position for someone who is genuinely at home in the saddle, knowledgeable about animal care, and passionate about creating safe, memorable experiences for guests of all ages.

Everything we do at Boyne Mountain is guided by our core values — L.E.A.D.S.: Long-Term Thinking, Excellence in Execution, Attitude is Everything, Develop Great People, and Serve First.

In this role, you’ll live those values every time you care for an animal, lead a family down a trail, or make a first-time rider feel completely at ease.

As a Boyne Mountain team member, you’ll also enjoy ski passes, golf passes, waterpark passes, and discounts on food, beverages, retail, daycare, and much more.

• Serve First — Provide guests with a warm welcome and a safe, memorable riding experience. Assist with waiver completion and helmet fitting, deliver clear pre-ride orientations, match riders with appropriate horses, and guide mounting, stirrup fitting, and dismounting. Act as lead or drag rider on trail rides and lead pony rides with confidence and care. Communicate precise, friendly instructions throughout each ride to ensure safety, answer guest questions knowledgeably, and actively encourage repeat patronage.
• Excellence in Execution — Groom and tack up horses for trail and pony rides according to Boyne Equestrian Center standards. Conduct tack and helmet safety checks before every ride and maintain accurate records in the Equestrian Log. Disinfect helmets consistently and ensure every horse and piece of equipment is guest-ready. Facilitate non-riding activities, including presentations of various horse related topices to a wide variety of guests. Report and complete proper documentation for tack, equipment, safety, and incidents for guests and staff. May help in other areas as needed.
• Long-Term Thinking — Provide safe, attentive daily care for all livestock: stock round bales, administer pelleted feeds and supplements according to the feeding chart, and ensure a clean water supply at all times. Perform daily welfare checks monitoring temperament, body and hoof condition, and signs of injury or illness. Administer routine treatments and basic first aid. Maintain and repair tack.
• Attitude is Everything — Maintain cleanliness of all Equestrian facilities and equipment with consistency and pride: hand-muck corrals daily, clean lean-tos and pastures by hand and by machinery, clean feed buckets and tack areas, weed whip using proper PPE, and perform manual snow removal and sanding of key areas as needed. Periodically replace wood chips and fill dirt in corrals, pastures, and lean-tos. Hand-pick, drag, rake, and brush-hog pastures and trails. Whatever the task or the weather, you bring the same steady, capable energy.