Join the Cascade Backcountry Alliance Board!

Cascade Backcountry Alliance is recruiting new volunteer board members for the 2026–27 season.

As Cascade Backcountry Alliance continues to grow, we’re excited to bring on up to four new board members to expand our capacity, bring fresh perspectives, and strengthen our ability to advocate for the backcountry community.

Since launching in 2021, Cascade Backcountry Alliance has evolved from a small grassroots effort into a recognized voice for winter backcountry recreation access in Washington. With that growth comes new opportunities and new challenges. As we look toward the next stage of our work, we're seeking volunteers who can help us deepen our advocacy, strengthen our nonprofit capacity, and build stronger relationships to support our impact.

If you're interested in joining a passionate team working to improve access to winter backcountry recreation, our application takes about 15 minutes to complete. We expect board members to contribute approximately about 10 hours per month.

Applications are due by August 7, 2026.

APPLY HERE

What You Gain as a Board Member

This year, we're recruiting up to four new volunteer board members based in Washington to join our team.

Serving on the Cascade Backcountry Alliance board is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on issues affecting winter recreation access across the state while building relationships with passionate advocates, land managers, recreation partners, and community leaders.

Benefits of serving on the Cascade Backcountry Alliance board include:

• Helping shape solutions to important winter recreation access challenges in Washington

• Having your voice heard on timely and emerging issues affecting the backcountry community

• Building relationships with land managers, recreation organizations, and public agencies

• Collaborating with a passionate and engaged group of volunteers

• Contributing to the growth of a young and evolving nonprofit organization

• Access to outdoor industry pro deals through select Outdoor ProLink partners

Who We're Looking For

You don't need to be an expert skier or seasoned backcountry traveler to apply. We welcome people who participate in winter backcountry recreation in many forms, including backcountry skiing, splitboarding, snowshoeing, winter hiking, and climbing.

This year, we're looking for experience in the following areas: 

• Nonprofit Fundraising, Finance, and Organizational Leadership: We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in nonprofit fundraising strategy, donor engagement, grant development, financial management, budgeting, tax filing, board governance, or organizational leadership. Experience helping organizations grow and scale their impact is especially valuable.

• Advocacy, Public Policy, and Coalition Building: We are seeking individuals with experience in public policy, community advocacy, public affairs, government relations, public campaigns, or coalition building. This could come come from nonprofit organizations, public agencies, community groups, or other advocacy-focused settings. We’re looking for folks who understand how to build support for ideas, navigate decision-making processes, and develop partnerships that advance shared goals.

• Community Organizing and Partnership Development: We're looking for individuals who have experience bringing people together around a shared purpose, whether through community organizing, volunteer leadership, or similar. We’re especially interested in folks who can help us build non-transactional relationships with local Tribes. 

• Land Management and Public Lands Expertise: Many of the issues Cascade Backcountry Alliance works on intersect directly with public land management. We are interested in candidates who have professional or volunteer experience working with federal, state, Tribal, or local land management agencies, recreation programs, conservation organizations, or related fields. 

Cascade Backcountry Alliance is committed to building a board that reflects a diversity of backgrounds, identities, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage people of all races, ethnicities, genders, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, and lived experiences to apply. We are seeking board members who are based in Washington State.

APPLY HERE

What to Expect from Board Service

Board members serve a minimum two-year term and are expected to:

• Attend monthly board meetings (1.5 hours) on the third Tuesday of each month beginning in October 2026

• Participate in one or more committees (~1 hour per month) and longer-term projects

• Contribute approximately about 10 hours per month to work on Cascade Backcountry Alliance projects and initiatives, including staff Cascade Backcountry Alliance events

• Collaborate using Slack, Google Workspace, and a dedicated Cascade Backcountry Alliance email address

• Professionally represent Cascade Backcountry Alliance in meetings, public events, and community conversations

• Engage constructively with the public on issues affecting winter backcountry access

Most board work takes place virtually, allowing participation from across Washington. Every other month, we try to offer an in-person meeting option in the Seattle area. 

Looking Ahead

The past several years have established Cascade Backcountry Alliance as a credible voice for winter backcountry recreation access. As the organization continues to grow, we're excited to expand our capacity, strengthen our partnerships, and tackle increasingly complex issues affecting the backcountry community.

If you're excited about helping shape the future of winter recreation access in Washington, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply Now

Interested? Complete our online application by August 7, 2026.

APPLY HERE

We anticipate conducting short interviews at the end of August. New board members are expected to join at our 2026-27 season kickoff meeting on October 20, 2026. 

Questions? Reach out anytime at rachel@cascadebackcountryalliance.com.