Future Career Options for ROE Majors
So, What’s Next?
A question sometimes asked by students and parents is, “What career options are available for Recreation & Outdoor Education graduates?” Well, it’s a much longer answer than you might expect! In the words of Professor Ebbott, “How about anywhere?”
- How about starting a successful ski and board shop slopeslide in Mt. Crested Butte?
- How about working in Wilderness Therapy in Durango?
- How about being a Sea Kayak guide in Maine? Or the Olympic peninsula in Washington? Or Norway?
- How about Eco-tourism in South Africa?
- Or a backcountry tour guide in Patagonia?
- How about creating distance running events in Southern California?
- Or working for the national park service in Capitol Reef, Utah? Or Glacier in Montana? Or Yosemite?
- How about working at a five star resort in Aspen? Or the Philippines?
- How about teaching Outdoor Education to school groups in northern Minnesota?
- How about working with youth groups in the Everglades, Fla.?
- Or leading courses for Outward Bound? Or the National Outdoor Leadership School?
- Or staying in Gunnison as the Campus Recreation Coordinator?
The following are just a small handful of places our graduates have moved on to enjoy wonderful careers:
Bureau of Land Management
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
National Park Service
United States Forest Service
Leave No Trace
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
Outward Bound
International Wilderness Leadership School (IWLS)
Action Learning
Adaptive Sports Center
Adrift Adventures
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center
Fish Blue Mesa
Gene Taylors Sporting Goods
Gunnison Mentors
Gunnison River Fly Shop
The Jay Cloud
North Shore Goose
Scenic River Tours
Six Points
Sport Fish Colorado
Tenderfoot Outfitters
Three Rivers Resort
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