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
A Story About Wilderness Trails’ Guide School https://www.trails-to-empowerment.org/our-community/Coming from a big city in the heart of Germany I’ve never really experienced the wilderness yet alone lived in it and by its rules or rode a horse. So before arriving at … Read More
Horse Pack Trip – 20 Years later a dream come true I’ve wanted to go on a horse pack trip since I was a teen. My dad had heard of Wilderness Trails somewhere and written away to get a copy … 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
Learning with Freedom At Wilderness Trails, we use our remote wilderness setting as a vehicle for guest trips and training programs. This environment facilitates learning with a feeling of freedom. By focusing on methods that allow individuals to improve performance, … 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
Why Did I Not Go Back Home? The easiest way to begin reflecting upon this is to consider why I thought I would have to leave. There were obvious reasons such as home-sickness and being overwhelmed by the new lifestyle, … 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
Before the Borders Close – Coming home to Canada With the coronavirus situation worsening in Europe, countries shutting down and our community partners in Canada telling us it was time to come back, we decided it would be best to … 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