Being a Mountain Horseback Guide TESTIMONIAL

o, what does a mountain guide do? We teach our guests how to saddle and ride western style in the mountains. This way, our guests learn new skills and are empowered as they are able to saddle their own horse.

At camp, we stake and hobble the horses with our guests being fully involved. They learn valuable teamwork skills as it is a bonding experience between everyone involved, a task completed together is a shared achievement, and that brings people closer together. It is here our guests often begin their transformation, when they see they are taking every opportunity to make the most of their journey.

Meals are cooked over the campfire. Our guests are keen to help and we teach them how to split wood safely and build a fire, empowering our guests to contribute and making them feel a valuable member of the team.

A s a mountain guide, we bring our guests into the wilderness, up to the mountain tops of the unique Chilcotin Ark. We teach our guests about flora and fauna and pick wild edibles. This allows our guests to develop a greater nature connection. By participating in various conservation projects, e.g. filling in our wildlife sightings forms, our guests help us to conserve nature. Once they know that we record data to understand population numbers and implement conservation projects, they see how they are contributing to a bigger picture effort.

By the end of a pack trip, there is a close bond between the guides and guests; we thrive as a team, sharing our common factor which is our wilderness experience. The powerful transformations we see in our guests is often so great that by the end of a pack trip we cannot tell the difference between guides and guests. Our guests help out with the horse care, have a greater nature connection and are more confident.

By the end, we aren’t guides and guests, we are a team. This is what being a mountain guide with Chilcotin Holidays means. We empower each other to reach for our full potential, to contribute, to connect to nature, ourselves and each other.”

- Testimonial by Charlie B.

• unlock your strengths and potentials

• horsemanship skills

• conservation and stewardship

• evolve into a strong leader

• wildlife habits and viewing potential

• experience remote wilderness

• horse shoeing, saddling and packing

• mentor and guide guests

• start living a purposeful life adventures@chilcotinholidays.com

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