Wilderness Skills: Living the Self-Sufficient Lifestyle Our bushcraft basics program takes wilderness skills to the next level in living off the land, teaching you how to live independently and create wilderness comforts, by relying on yourself and not your gear. … Read More
Trusting our Mountain Horses – The Mountain Elevator Most people would probably be careful and cautious when dealing with horses especially if they had no previous contact with these large animals. At the ranch I had my first real contact … Read More
About Making Bread and Using the Chainsaw Ever since we defined self-sufficiency as one of our principles, I am gaining more awareness of what that means. Every day, I strive to become more self-sufficient and the best way to be … Read More
Ranch Practicum – A Place to Gain Valuable Experiences For someone who studies International Business Management, a Ranch practicum might appear as an odd choice to gain work experience. Working in an area seemingly unrelated to my studies in a remote, wilderness … Read More
Accounts, Websites and the Self-Sufficient Lifestyle Growing and harvesting our own food, maintaining our own gravity fed water system and getting our own firewood are just some of the ways we are self-sufficient. Our in-house accounting and maintaining websites are … Read More
Nature Connection: Horses, Cold Creeks and Summer Sun in the Backcountry This summer our horses got rented for a trip into the back country. It was a different experience to our usual trips as we would be only responsible for … Read More
My Journey on a Wilderness Ranch as an English Teacher I am coming to the end of my second time at the ranch. Even now, with just a few days to go I am not sure if leaving is the … Read More
What Does Forever Mean to You? What does forever mean to you? For me, it is my life here with the Trails to Empowerment community, living the Six Principle philosophy and how I share that with others. But where I’m … Read More
A Trail to Empowerment – Horseback Guide School Training When I arrived at the Guide School, I expected to learn about horses and wilderness skills. I didn’t realize how much it would change me as a person. The experience turned … Read More
Ranch life in the mountains – experiencing nature When I first arrived at the ranch, I stayed for 4 months to experience life in the Canadian wilderness. Coming from France, my ordinary life was very different as I was not … Read More