Trail Rides

For some, vacation is about sitting around and enjoying the scenery. That's fine, we've got plenty of amazing landscape for you to enjoy. But if taking in the magnificent prairie vista from the perspective of your lawn chair starts to get a bit old, saddle up and come for a nice relaxing ride through the forests and fields that stretch as far as the eye can see.

All trail rides start with a refresher course in riding. If you're an experienced rider, you'll be able to give helpful pointers to your trail-mates. For beginners and novices, though, this is important stuff. You'll learn all about your horse including how to approach them, how to get on, how to stay on and how to get off.

Also, horses don't speak English. Or French. Or German. They can, however, learn a great many things. You'll learn how to communicate with them through verbal and physical cues that they've been trained to understand. Explaining things patiently to the horse like they're 1st Grader won't do any harm — it just won't do any good.

Horses don't come with automatic transmissions so you'll learn how to make the horse go where you want them to instead of letting them take you to their favourite patch of clover over and over again. If you just sit in the saddle like a sack of spuds, your horse will think 'My person doesn't know what they want. I'll go have a scratch against that fence until they tell me something.' Using your reins, your posture and your legs to direct your horse are basic skills that just take minutes to get the hang of.

Trail rides can be short or long, ranging from a ½ hour to several hours. Overnight trail trips can be arranged, too. There's also trail etiquette, or rules, that you'll need to know. Follow your guide's instructions, do as they do and everyone will havelots of fun. Please read the Trailrider's Handbook as we adhere to the rules and guidelines outlined within it.

Although we do not provide feed of bedding, we may be able to sell you what you need if you make advance reservations with our manager. Keep in mind that the closest feed stores are located in the city of Prince Albert, about an hour and a half from our location.

What to bring on our wilderness pack trips:

• sleeping bag
• rain gear
• riding footwear (with a heal)
• mosquito repellant
• air matress or sleeping foam
• warm coat
• sunscreen
• personal toiletries
• camera
• headlight/flashlight
• *limited to 30lbs per person

Our corrals are not equipt with troughs so please bring your own buckets. Water will be provided, but you are responsible for your own horse's care. Please have all your vaccinations up to date for your own protection as these are public corrals. Since our ask that all our horse campers clean up after their own horses, remember to bring your own manure forks, rakes, and muck buckets. For manure disposal we have a manure spreader located on site.