For a young hiker, aged 18 to 25, it might just be the ultimate summer job or what the Sierra Club calls “The Best Internship on Earth.”

The Sierra Club is looking for one guy/gal to spend the summer of 2010 traveling across the U.S. to report on various Sierra Club outdoors youth programs including Volunteer Vacations, Inner City Outings and Building Bridges to the Outdoors.

By “report on” the Sierra Club means the lucky employee will hike, backpack, camp and raft in beautiful places then video-blog about these outdoor adventures.

The position pays a $2500 stipend plus $2,000 worth of gear from North Face and Planet Explore.

Applicants must have “a real passion for exploring, enjoying and protecting the outdoors.”  Application deadline is March 31. Learn more at: www.sierraclub.org/bestinternship/faq.aspx

A tip of The Trailmaster’s hiking cap to the Sierra Club for its commitment to increasing the number of young people in the great outdoors and teaching them the ways of wise stewardship.