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Gallop across unbroken grasslands, climb steep mountain trails, listen to coyotes yip as you stretch your legs around a campfire and free your mind from the whirr of city life. A holiday on horseback is the quintessential way to see the unspoiled Canadian West and relive the thrill of early range riders exploring the vast prairie landscape. Guest ranches and outfitters from British Columbia to Manitoba offer a variety of trips for novice and experienced riders alike. You can take your pick between day rides departing a central lodge or overnight hauls through mountain wilderness that will have you bedding down under the stars. Check the links below for more information that will make you at home on the range.

www.canuck.com/~trcr
Formed in 1923, the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies (TRCR) is a not-for-profit association of riders that host a variety of trips from their Teepee Town base camp. TRCR hosts eight rides in 2003 but limits its client list to 15 participants so you have to move fast! Specializing in trips deep into the wilderness of Banff National Park, the group uses its site to present the season schedule, prices, ride-area maps and all the background info you need to make plans for camping out in teepees and eating around the campfire.

www.telusplanet.net/public/access/trailrid.htm
Access Alberta maintains a trail riding site directory that links to more than a dozen Alberta outfitters and trail guides throughout the province. Basic contact information, rates, schedules and, in some cases, ride descriptions provide an excellent starting point for choosing an outfitter or ranch for your horseback holiday.

albertacountryvacation.com
Farm and ranch vacations are attracting all manner of city slickers hankering after the authentic feel of life on the praires. The Alberta Country Vacations Association is doing its part to keep people informed with a directory of farms and ranches offering country-style hospitality and a chance to get away from it all. You can plan your trip according to the section of the province that captures your fancy — northern, central or southern Alberta. More than a dozen member ranches are listed in all. An online Ranch Vacations brochure gives detailed summaries of the amenities available at each member facility.

www.bcguestranches.com
B.C. Guest Ranches is home to a directory of outfitters and cattle ranches that serve up frontier hospitality, great food and western adventure. Ranches offer a wide range of options from working vacations to spa-like resort facilities to please every palette and riding level. The outfitters are organized into four seven key geographical regions of British Columbia: Coast, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Northern B.C., Rockies, Okanagan and Cariboo-Chilcotin Coast. There's more than 80 ranches and outfitters listed and each entry hotlinks to the ranch's home web site where you can search for the holiday that suits you best.