Echo River Ranch

Ride Rate
Summary

Our rates are posted on the individual pages that describe the service that we provide.

We have summarized those rates here for your convenience and included links to the individual services pages.

Rate Summary Quick Links

Trail Ride Fees
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Guide For Hire
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to trail guiding.

Lesson Fees
Click here to go to lessons Conventional Lessons
are no longer available.

Training Fees
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is no longer available.

Free Services
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our free services.

Rate Summary

Trail Riding Fees

Guided trail riding at a walk is our business. We offer rides by the hour for beginners and ride specials for the more adventurous. We sponsor seasonal rides, scavenger hunts, and experience rides on trails out of the ranch. We also haul to most of the local trailheads to offer a wider variety of trail, terrain, and scenic beauty for our clients.

landing butterfly picture                      One Hour Guided Horseback Ride
                                   $60. per rider

                     Two Hour Guided Horseback Ride
                                   $100. per rider

              multiple rider   &   frequent rider discounts

            Also check out the ’Specials’ page for price breaks
             on some great rides and upcoming riding events.


We reserve the right to refuse trail ride service.    


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Guide For Hire Fees

We always enjoy meeting new riders and helping them find their way along new trails. However, there is both the value of our time spent scouting and guiding the trails, as well as, the cost to transport and feed our animals that we must consider.

landing butterfly picture                   Trailheads within a 30 mile radius
                          $25. as a ranch donation
                    helps with fuel & feed expenses.

                 Trailheads within a 100 mile radius
                    $25. + $.50 a mile over 30 miles
                helps with fuel, feed, & time expenses.
              More distant trailheads can be negotiated.

We reserve the right to refuse guide service.    


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Confidence Lesson Fees ~ this service is no longer available ~

All lessons have been cancelled due to client and instructor boredom from the horse going around and around and around and around in circles.

landing butterfly picture              Riders can easily learn basic riding skills
        during any guided trail ride where the scenery
          is both more beautiful and more challenging.

   A lead line can be attached to any horse and we will lead
       the horse with rider along the trail until the rider has
          the confidence to control the horse on their own.


          Trail rides are our preferred method of lesson service.    


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Groundwork Training Fees ~ this service is no longer available ~

All training of horses owned by other persons has been cancelled due to clients will learn far more and gain better respect by working with their own horses.

landing butterfly picture              Horse owners are welcome to join us at
               the ranch and learn basic groundwork
             skills on our horses and get assistance in
            transfering those skills to their own horse.



                      $20 per hour suggested donation.

     We reserve the right to refuse training assistance.    


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Free Services

Trail Riding -
For those people who may be financially challenged, we do offer bartering exchanges of riding for your farm labor. Young or old, there is always work that needs to be done at the ranch. For 3 (three) hours of sincere attempts to complete chores around the ranch, we give 1 (one) hour of saddle time out on the trail. See our Chore List for work that needs to be done. Note that we exchange for basic hourly rides out of the ranch only, no bartering for any specialty rides.

Trail Guide -
Horse owners may ’haul in’ their own horses and ride the trails out of the ranch. Guiding of ’haul in’ riders is free on the trails out of the ranch when the ranch is not sponsoring a specialty or experience ride.

Riding Lessons -
Horse owners may ’haul in’ their own horse and receive free basic riding direction. We will accompany inexperienced horses on the trails out of the ranch, establishing sound leadership with our well mannered trail horses and providing assistance when needed.Haul-in fee of $10 per horse suggested to help with cleanup.

Horse Training -
Horse owners may ’haul in’ their own horse and learn how to effectively round pen for respect. We will brainstorm on problems and suggest methods to obtain positive results.Haul-in fee of $10 per horse suggested to help with cleanup.

Horse Care Instruction -
Interested persons riding or not are welcome to learn basic horse care at the ranch. Instructions on how to groom, saddle, effectively round pen, or simply care for a horse are free.

Horse Locating -
The ranch does not buy and sell horses, but we will assist interested persons in locating a horse that meets their needs. We are full of opinions and our opinions are all free.

Donations are always welcome, but we do reserve the right to limit or refuse free services.

     

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