Line Cooks, Outdoor Recreation Guide

Join the Evergreen Lodge Family!

It's a dream come true to get to live and work at our lodge, with all of Yosemite National Park as your playground on your days off!

Using Business as a Force for Good

The Evergreen Lodge is a new type of company called a social enterprise, which has social and environmental goals in addition to its business goals. While Evergreen seeks to offer the richest, most memorable all-around hospitality experience in Yosemite, it is our non-business goals – our desire for positive, long-term impact on our society and environment – that most set us apart. We are a founding B Corporation and the 2015 B Corp “Best for the World” Award Recipient for our high impact social and environmental initiatives. Know that when you join our team you can be extremely proud to be making a meaningful contribution too!

Evergreen Lodge at Yosemite is hiring for the following positions for the 2025 Season:

Line Cook - 2 needed starting early February - $19.00/hour

Staff Cook - Starting early February - $19.00/hour

Dishwasher - Starting in March - $18.00/hour

About Evergreen Lodge 

Evergreen Lodge is a classic mountain resort featuring:

• 88 cabins nestled in a forest of towering pines, cedars, and magnificent oaks

• Indoor/outdoor dining and a historic tavern

• Gift shop & General Store

• Daily activities such as s'mores and tie-dye

• Full service guided Recreation department

With major expansions in 2004 and 2009, the historic Evergreen now provides outstanding lodging and recreational facilities in the Yosemite area while retaining its original warmth, character, and personal touch.

The Employee Experience

Evergreen Lodge is a special places to work, just as they are special places for our guests. We are committed to creating a supportive environment and a rewarding work experience for our staff. While we have high expectations of staff, successful staff members love working at the Lodges and don't want to leave.

The Lodge provides great career opportunities for talented staff and managers. Since the lodges have a significant recreational focus, we seek staff and managers who are excited about the outdoors and lead a healthy, active lifestyle.

In addition to its primary function as a tourist resort,  Evergreen Lodge runs an employment program in which urban young adults ages 18-24 join our staff for a program of career-oriented training and work experience coupled with exposure to a rich set of outdoor and recreational life experiences. With this in mind, we look to hire experienced staff who are excited to support and serve as role models for those in our program.

Room and Board

Most staff at Evergreen Lodge live on-site in employee housing and is offered to all employees with availability. Off-site employee housing is also an option. We do not permit pets in our employee housing.

Room & Board (including rent, utilities, staff meals, laundry, Wifi, access to resort amenities, and more) is provided for a fixed weekly fee.

Employee Perks

Evergreen Lodge one of the first resorts of their size to offer medical and dental benefits for management staff as well as hourly staff.

Our staff are able to utilize most of the guests services and a very discounted rate or free of charge including the pool and guided hikes and tours. In addition to all the amazing activities employees can utilize and participate in, we also have an Employee Wellness Program. The Wellness team works very hard to create healthy activities and build on our positive community. They are busy creating different trips, events, arts & crafts, and organized sports. Another option this program provides are weekly town trips to Sonora, CA. Sonora is about a 1 hour and 15 minute drive from our Lodges and is the closest town to our Lodges that provides access to department stores, movie theaters, performing arts, and a wonderful cultural experience in the heart of Gold Country including Historical State Parks.

Getting Here and Getting Around

Evergreen Lodge is not served by any convenient public transportation. Recruiters will assist in arranging transportation to the lodge for arriving staff if you do not have a car. YARTS is a great seasonal option for entering into the park with a stop at Rush Creek Lodge as weather permits. 

For Fun

Yosemite is one of the most spectacular places on earth, and is a recreation-lover's paradise. It offers the country’s highest waterfalls and largest granite walls, along with stunning scenery and a diverse set of activities, elevations and topographies. From hair raising vistas to serene meadows, Yosemite also has many different moods. Perhaps, more impressive is the diversity and changes one experiences from month to month throughout the year. Yosemite truly presents a different face each season.