Valley View Ranch

HUNT SEAT Equitation is taught under CHA professional instruction, as are all Valley View riding programs. Hunt Club has a separate riding ring and barn, and specially schooled lesson horses available to all girls, beginner to advanced. Classes are arranged according to riding ability and incorporated into her daily ranch program.

Vaulters perform simple and experienced gymnastic maneuvers on "Heyoka", our Belgian-Haflinger gentle giant, and our black and white Friesian paint, "Taj". Stunts are executed holding the handles of the surcingle. One instructor teaches while the other lunges the horse in a circle. Vaulting is a great confidence builder.

Stock Seat is Western Equitation. Upon arrival, each rancher is interviewed about their horse experience, and then has a riding try out from which they are assigned a horse according to her ability and preferences. You can also bring your own horse. Our foundation is built on years of raising Quarter Horses, but we offer many breeds and colors for all levels of riders.

Our Valley View girls live in 5 large wood-framed bunkhouses with swings on the porches, each equipped with plumbing and electricity. Approach the rock porch steps and enter a center hallway. The bathroom is straight ahead and two large rooms are on your right and left. Upon arrival, girls select their wooden bunk and begin to make friends immediately.

TRAIL RIDES - We have over 10 miles of beautifully wooded trails, with streams, log jumps, rock formations, deer, turkey and other wildlife to discover. Wranglers take out at least 4 guided trails a day, with campers voluntarily joining rides based around their riding class schedule.

At the end of the two-week session, campers sometimes team up for a competitive trail ride, solving riddles and executing obstacle challenges in a camp-wide mounted scavenger hunt.Trails are an excellent and fun way to gain more time in the saddle for practice communicating with their horse.