Cowboy Escape

Introduction
British Columbia Canada

To be with horses every day, riding without limits, or to walk slowly to enjoy nature or a picnic in the middle of nowhere on your own or with a friend - or gallop to feel the breeze brush your face
... no worries about traffic, smog or work.

The 1280 acre ranch, 300 miles north of Vancouver,  is a working guest ranch designed for horse lovers that want to spend as much time on horseback as possible. You can ride on your own or ride with a guide on daily rides and explore the amazing surrounding nature.
The ranch also offers lessons in western riding at no extra charge.
There is hiking, and game watching as well as excellent fishing and swimming in Watch and Green Lake, just minutes from the ranch (best to have a car).
You will find tranquility in the South Cariboo: Canada's True West, where cowboys drive their cattle and display their skills in famous rodeos which you can attend from May through September.

Accomodation

Accommodations:
Our spacious guesthouse has 13 guestrooms, a lounge with an open fireplace and a pretty raunch style dining area.

Meals:
In our dining area we enjoy our tasty home cooked meals.

For active people there are more possibilities to enjoy their day here in our area. The Watch Lake and Green Lake invite you for a relaxing swim.  Fishing is famous on numerous lakes as well as hunting in our huge forests. Barndance, Campfires, Bar BQ's, table tennis, dart, pool billiard, swimming ,hiking, wild watching are only some of those activities possible.

In winter you are invited to try out your snowmobiles, X- country skies, snowshoes on our property and in the surrounding Mt. Timothy nearby invites you even for downhill skiing.  In the evening you can relax in our cozy lounge in front of a log fire with a glass of hot red wine.

This trip includes and can accommodate special dietary requests.

Riding

Itinerary

On arrival, after checking in, you are assigned a horse according to your ability and when you are comfortable with the horse you are free to ride and explore on your own - not nose to tail follow the leader type trail riding. Guides are available at no charge.

As a working ranch, they harvest their own hay, work cows and calves which graze on the range from May to October. From time to time they have to be moved to different areas to avoid over grazing and in fall there is the round up.

The Cariboo is home to over 200 species of birds which are observable either from our deck or on your trail rides.

Rates and Dates for Cowboy Escape

Dates Note: Any Day from noon to noon the next week

Other Info
Meeting: Lone Butte, BC
Airport: Williams Lake, BC
Transfer: Williams Lake, BC- pick up and drop off any time.

Climate:

Temperatures in the Spring from April - June range from a high of 24 C to lows of 1 C.  From July to August a high of 28 C to lows of 15 C.  In the winter time highs of 6 C to lows of -4 C.