Elk Creek Ranch

Summary

Elk Creek offers two different programs which can be taken separately or in combination with one another: the camp Ranch Program, which focuses on horseback riding and ranch work, and the backpacking Trek Program, which concentrates on extensive wilderness backpacking. Both programs are centered in and around Sunlight Valley in northwestern Wyoming.

A very popular camp activity at Elk Creek Ranch is our work program. We have always believed that a ranch experience without some ranch work is as unrewarding as it is artificial. All teens participate in the work although the extent of their participation varies according to their interests. For older teens seeking much exposure to ranch and building jobs we have a work crew, which offers those boys and girls refunds according to the amount of time devoted to the projects. For others we have two-hour work periods, four or five mornings a week.

The work itself ranges from the normal chores of a ranch operation to ambitious building projects and horse training. The common and continuing tasks include mending old and building new fences, maintaining tack, repairing corrals, irrigating the pastures, and feeding the horses. We also have an ongoing horse-training program that starts with new foals learning to lead and to trust the human hand, and ends with four-year-old horses graduating to the trail. In a very real sense, the ranch as it now exists has grown and taken shape through the work of all the past ranchers.

Source: www.elkcreekranch.com

Features

Food:  All Meals, Family-style Dining

Amenities:  Laundry facilities

Activities & Animals

Animals, Horseback Riding, Fishing, Hiking, Horses, Wildlife, Team Building Activities, Riding lessons, Backpacking, Teaching Ranch

Allowed

Sorry, no children under twelve, parties, corporate retreats, pets, family reunions, special events, horses or weddings.