Level I, our ESL Standard course with activities

Our Standard course consists of 15 hours classroom study per week followed by “Western” riding experience and other ranch based activities. Conversational English with the staff in the afternoons and evenings greatly enhances the student’s language skills. Courses longer than 4 weeks are available. Afternoons are spent practicing English in fun, interactive activities around the ranch. Whether it is learning the parts of a horse, riding a horse to a hilltop to look out and describe the valley, hiking through the forest to look for animal tracks in the snow, or learning how to throw a lasso, students will go through lots of exercises to improve their communication.

Level II, our ESL Wilderness Activity Based course

Our Wilderness Activity Based course also consists of 15 hours classroom study per week, but the afternoons take the Student onto a more advanced program. Instead of casual riding or fishing, we take the Student on a more formal approach to learning the arts of being a Wilderness, Horse Guide and the use and care of horses in the backcountry. Topics covered include;

1. Wrangling: catching and releasing
2. Saddling: saddles, bridles,
3. Riding: horsemanship and horse sense
4. Packing: equipment, horses, knots and hitches
5. Shoeing - Trimming and Shoeing your own horse:
6. Staking, Hobbling and Belling:
7. Basic Horse Training:
8. Back Country Vet:
9. Harness work and Basic Horse Logging:
10. Wilderness skills:
11. Map Use:
12. Bear and Cougar Safety: