HMI Apprentice Program:
Alumni Career Pursuits
Upon completion of the Apprentice Program, alumni are well-equipped for a variety of careers and pursuits. Below is a sampling of what life after the Apprentice Program looks like.

HMI apprentice alumni have gone on to teach in the classroom

  • Alexander Dawson School (CO)
  • Americorp
  • Berkshire Academy (MA)
  • Chewonki (ME)
  • Coastal Studies for Girls (ME)
  • Compass School (VT)
  • Dunn School (CA)
  • Hebron Academy (ME)
  • High Mountain Institute (CO)
  • Island School
  • Killington Mountain School (VT)
  • Outdoor Academy (NC)
  • Peace Corp
  • Pingry School (NJ)
  • Sidwell Friends School (DC)
  • St. Marks School (MA)
  • Storm King School (NY)
  • Swiss Semester
  • Teach for America
  • Telluride Academy (CO)
  • The Traveling School
  • Two Rivers School (NC)
  • Watershed School (CO)
  • White Mountain School (NH)
  • The Winter Term
  • Alzar School (ID)
  • Animus High School (CO)
  • Community School (ID)
  • Proctor Academy (NH)
  • Stratton Mountain School (VT)
  • Tahoe Expedition Academy (CA)
  • Teton Valley Community School (ID)
  • Teach For America
  • The Putney School (NH)
  • Watershed School (CO)

Others work in outdoor education

  • Adventure Treks
  • Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (CO)
  • Colorado Mountain College (CO)
  • Deer Hill (CO)
  • Farm and Wilderness (VT)
  • Island Wood (WA)
  • Keystone Science School (CO)
  • Meet the Wilderness (CO)
  • Mountain Institute
  • National Forest Service
  • National Outdoor Leadership School
  • Outward Bound
  • Overland
  • Sail Caribbean
  • St. Lawrence University Adirondack Semester (NY)
  • Women’s Wilderness Institute (CO)
  • Ecology Project International

Some enroll in graduate studies

  • Brandeis University
  • Brown University
  • Colorado College
  • Harvard University
  • Prescott College
  • Teton Science School
  • Tufts University
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Utah
  • University of Vermont
  • University of Virginia
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wyoming

And others pursue additional careers

  • Avalanche Forecaster
  • Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
  • Doctor
  • Finance
  • Filmmaker
  • Lawyer
  • Nurse
  • Patagonia
  • Public Radio
  • Ski Instructor
  • Sotheby’s
  • Sous Chef
  • Ski Patrol
  • Admissions Officer
  • Appalachian Mountain Club
  • Engineer
  • Farmer
  • Fulbright Scholar
  • Geologist
  • Health Warrior Sales Rep
  • Maine Biologist
  • US Air Force