Each season since 1983, a limited number of young people take the challenge to live a week totally emersed in horse culture, meeting new friends, learning to ride well, and exploring a unique internationally known wilderness region adjacent the Ranch. All senses are enlisted to experience the sights, scents, sounds, cool  waters, flora and fauna that is Riding Mountain National Park. "If you’d like to experience the crunch of fallen twigs under your horse’s rythmic hoof  beats, and you’d enjoy seeing technicolour sunsets through forested horizons, and hear the yip and howl of coyotes in stereo, feel the crackle of a campfire generating radiant heat, then this may be your year to explore the wilderness at "Adventurer Youth Horse Camp."

Trailhead Ranch hosts a session in July for ages 10-14, and a new Leadership Session this year for ages 15-18.  Each person is assigned one of our horses to groom, and ride for the week. We ride over all types of natural terrain, and establish a true horse and rider bond with the help of experienced leadership and individualized instruction.  Ranch owner Anne Schuster co-ordinates the session each year, with a combination of flexibility for recreational fun, and a careful balance of safety ethics, a solid horsemanship program, and environmental awareness of the Park.  Animal tracking, packing and survival training, and wildlife watching are part of the activities

Summer sessions are non-denominational and stress pro-active socialization.  A limit of 12 co-ed riders allow for small group dynamics, daily personalized horsemanship clinics, adventure tours, housekeeping, evening bonfires and sharing circles.  The art of storytelling is revived as everyone is encouraged to participate with their share.