Lead Mare Empowerment and Conservation Horse Pack Adventure

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Are you looking for like-minded women that want to push themselves out of their comfort zone to experience real empowerment?

Join us on a women’s empowerment horse pack wilderness adventure in the Chilcotin Ark of British Columbia where you will learn about matriarchal values by observing and interacting with the matriarchs of the animal world: Our lead mare horses and the unique Mountain Goats.
You will join a group of like-minded women who want to become the master of their own destiny. Together you will share transformational experiences, turn challenges into successes, develop new skills and friendships. Embrace your adventurous side in the wilderness as you connect to nature and learn how to conserve it. Invest in your personal development and become more capable, independent and self-reliant like our lead mare horses. It will be an immersive and transformation journey, so stay open-minded and there will be no limits to your empowerment.

This is an active expedition, not a horseback riding holiday. Participants learn by taking part in the daily realities of the wilderness: helping care for horses, setting up and maintaining camp, getting involved in conservation, preparing shared meals, learning tracking and observation skills, managing personal equipment and adapting to weather and trail conditions.
Our guides provide leadership, teaching, logistical support and a safe framework for travel. In return, we ask participants to bring curiosity, responsibility, flexibility and a willingness to contribute to the group.
Wildlife, changing mountain weather, long days in the saddle, simple camp conditions and moments that get you out of your comfort zone are not inconveniences to be removed; they are part of the learning experience.
Some of the opportunities you and your fellow Lead Mares will experience on a guided horseback wildlife tracking adventure with us are:

 

  • Develop new skills that empower you to grow and evolve such as horse care
  • RIDE THROUGH WILDFLOWER MEADOWS AND TO THE MOUNTAIN TOPS TO FIND WILDLIFE
  • Learn about collaboration as each group member will contribute to camp maintenance
  • Embrace the simple and self-sufficient lifestyle
  • Reflect on the matriarchal structures of mountain goats and the lead mare horses and how it relates to your personal values and principles
  • Learn about conservation and stewardship to help preserve wildlife
  • Learn how to track and spot signs of wildlife activity such as goat, deer and bear
  • Learn about the behaviours and habitats of canadian wildlife
  • explore the same trails early pioneers once used on an overnight horseback riding trip
  • Explore the power of a true connection with nature and how you can conserve it

Your Lead Mare Empowerment Experience Itinerary

On our Lead Mare empowerment horse pack adventure, arrive at the ranch and enjoy lunch in our historic lodge as you meet like-minded women who will be your fellow Lead Mares on this trip. Then meet your horse, learn how to saddle, take a short ride to prepare for tomorrow and review the itinerary with your guides.

Early next morning bring in your horses, saddle your riding horse, learn to pack the pack horses then ride out to camp. Scout for all species of wildlife at prime spots along the way. Unsaddle and stake your horses in the wildflower meadows, cook dinner over the campfire and enjoy the night in your wall tent, allowing you to stay close to nature throughout the trip.

The next morning hike out at sunrise to retrieve your horses from the staking meadows, saddle your own horse and ride back to camp. Return to camp for breakfast. Enjoy a day ride to the mountain tops and learn more about the flora and fauna. Learn about where to find Mounatin Goats and other wildlife and their behaviours. 

Record every animal you see in our wildlife sightings form to contribute to habitat and population management. Remove invasive plant species and collect data along the way such as grizzly hair from rub trees for DNA analysis. Return to camp, bring horses to the staking meadows, stake and hobble the horses and enjoy the evening hike back to camp for dinner.

On our seven day adventure, you will have two more days scouting for wildlife, returning to spots where you saw wildlife the day before, or trying somewhere new.

The next day, pack up camp and ride back to the ranch, looking for wildlife and tracks along the way.

On your final morning, learn how to do bareback riding, archery or biathlon target shooting before lunch with a final review of the week’s adventure.

Want to see what your Lead Mare horse pack adventure could look like?