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Internships
The American Alpine Club is always looking for interns. We have a variety of internships available at different times. Read below for current availability.
Online Media Intern
The Online Media Intern works among a dedicated team of climbers to gain lifelong skills in multimedia journalism and online marketing. While intern missions vary from day to day, the AAC gives interns the freedom to design work plans that support both the Club and their future aspirations.
Interns must work from AAC Headquarters in Golden, CO and commit 20 hours/week for four to six months. The Online Media Intern receives a stipend of $200/month and/or college credit.
Applications accepted year-round.
Download the attached PDF for Online Media Intern Application Information: Online_Media_Intern_Job.pdf
Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch Intern—Read the description.
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Intern Wall of Fame
There's a lot to get done at the AAC and most of it's awesome. Some of it is not-so-awesome. For the not-so-awesome parts, we've convinced indentured servants interns to do that work for us. To immortalize their efforts, we've listed sparse and boring details about their lives below:
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Ben Mitchell-Lewis - Autumn 2011
Figuring that a move to Colorado to intern with the AAC would net him limitless wealth, Ben Mitchell-Lewis packed up his car and headed to Golden. Four months later, he packed it again and rolled back to New Hampshire with no money but countless skills. A graduate of Colby College, Ben is a New Englander at heart. During his time in Colorado, he found time to ski, bike, and sometimes climb. With no immediate future plans, he'll maybe have more time to get outside, but a lack of dough might necessitate finding a real job. While at the AAC, he worked tirelessly on Inclined, and the brand new publication, the AAC Guidebook to Membership.
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Lars Lofgren - Summer 2011
Having graduated from the University of Colorado with a BA in International Affairs, Lars decided to kick start his career by moving into his grandparent's barn. While trying to get both this electricity and pickup to run on dreams (fuel is so 2010), he joined the AAC team. He quickly began scouring the AAC website for defects and improvements—which is almost as much fun a s drinking gasoline jugs spiked with gumdrops and lollipops.
Lars enjoys wielding his ninja marketing powers all over the internets and has been known to decapitate toy antelopes due to his carelessness. No furry toys were harmed while he worked for the AAC.
If you've spent a good deal of time on the site, you've seen his work. If you love the site, Lars thanks you graciously. If you're not fond of it, Lars assures us that you haven't seen his work.
On the off-chance that you'd like to know more about Lars, you can find him at larslofgren.com.
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Hale Melnick - Summer 2011
Hale Melnick, first-ever AAC intern, graduated from Colorado College in 2010 with an entirely practical degree in International Political Economy. Deciding to make something of his life, an internship at the AAC was his only sensible decision [Ed. This is clearly false.]. Thus began an enjoyable, productive, and generally strange tenure there.
His major accomplishments include: finding Chris Sharma (no explanation necessary); creating and producing that which is the Choss Boss; creating the Guidebook Map Tool [Ed. True. Thanks.]; writing the best Inclined blogs EVER; and developing Facebook ads that doubtlessly tricked you into joining the AAC.
In August 2011, Hale left the AAC for a job with the Access Fund. He now spends his time saving the world, one crag at a time. He also climbs occasionally.