Learn the fundamental skills required for guiding wilderness adventures. These educational programs are designed to hone your business skills in adventure tourism or to teach you a new appreciation for the wilderness.

We can provide participants with a solid combination of working knowledge and practical skills for horse handling, horse shoeing, packing a horse (both single and double diamond), camp preparations, range and feed management, leading tours in a wilderness environment, guests safety and liability issues, grazing techniques in the wilderness including staking, hobbling, highline etc, working with teams, plant and wildlife identification and so much more.

Your instructor is owner and operator, Warren Menhinick.  Enjoying his entire life being brought up in the industry he now shares his seventeen years career of hands on experience with students from all over with diverse back grounds and interests.   Warren has also  worked for some of BC.s most famous cattle ranches and is able to provide students with a knowledge of working with cattle, different techniques learned from the traditional cowboy ways and of course the fine are of storytelling around a campfire. We are strong believers that the best way to learn is doing, and all our classes certainly experience all the aspects of working with horses in the wilderness and in the tourism industry.  By applying this knowledge in the field every student will walk away with a new found confidence as well as enough memories to cherish for a lifetime.

With a large herd of healthy horses to choose from we are able to train students to deal with a multitude of horse personalities.  From unstarted colts, to four year olds that need some schooling too, to the well mannered faithful gelding or the mares in estrus we are sure to provide you with diverse situations.  We keep our classes to a maximum of six students to provide quality hands on instruction and an intense as well as fun program. Each student is encouraged to work with there own designated horses.  Time is provided after class for those students who may require extra time honing their skills.  A log book will help us keep track of everyone's progress.

This program is registered with the Private Post Secondary Education Commission, now PCTIA and Human Resource Funding is available.

COURSE DATES FOR 2008

If you want to learn more about the Wilderness Adventure Guide Training program, contact us at rides@sprucelaketours.ca