MANUAL FOR SCHOOL & GUEST GROUPS

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WELCOME TO DALLAS VALLEY RANCH CAMP:

Dallas Valley Ranch Camp is situated in the Boggy Creek Valley five kilometers
south-east of Lumsden or a short 20 minute drive north-west of Regina. The Boggy Creek
valley is rich in wildlife and natural vegetation and provides an excellent setting for
camping and retreat programs. Bring your group to this lovely setting.

Our site and facility are great for retreats, meetings, activity groups, field trips, outdoor education, and others.

Click Here to visit the "About Us" page for a brief introduction to our staff. You will also

learn more about our philosophy and goals as year round camp, retreat, and conference center.

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The purpose of this manual is to provide information on our facilities and services to
potential "retreaters" who may wish to use our site and services for camping experiences.

If after reading this manual, you still have questions, please contact us for further
information regarding our site and facilities. If you have never been to Dallas Valley we
would welcome a visit from you so that you can see our facilities first hand. Call us and
we will arrange for someone to give you a guided tour.

 

In May-June and September-October we will have our climbing wall available to groups
who use our facilities during that time. Please indicate your interest in this when you send
us your rental application.

Our horses are available for trail rides year round, weather permitting.

 

HOW TO MAKE YOUR BOOKING: top of page

1. Read our guest group policies.
2. Call or e-mail the camp to book a date.
3. Fill out the rental application, sign it and send it in with your deposit.

    By signing the rental application you are agreeing to use the camp within the parameters of the rental policies.

 

ADDRESS ALL INQUIRIES TO:

Mr. Arthur Thiessen, Executive Director

or Kendra Pullman, Administrative Assistant
DALLAS VALLEY RANCH CAMP
BOX 779, LUMSDEN, SASK. S0G 3C0
PHONE: (306) 731-3348

FAX: (306) 731-3375
EMAIL: dvalley@dallasvalley.com

 

GUEST GROUP RENTAL POLICIES: |top of page|

Leaders of guest groups who wish to rent Dallas Valley Ranch Camp must acquaint themselves with our rental policies,

philosophy, and goals. It is our expectation that groups who rent our camp will not promote any ideology or lifestyle

that is contrary to the principles and the purpose for which our camp exists. To book the facility you must be

willing to sign our rental application in recognition that you can agree to use the camp within the parameters of the

rental policies. Please read the following information over carefully so that you will be aware of our expectations.

If after reading this information you still have questions, please contact us for further information. If you have never

been to Dallas Valley we would welcome a visit from you so that you can see the camp first hand. Call us and we

will arrange for one of our staff to give you a guided tour.

 

1. Out door shoes are not permitted in any of our main buildings.

Please bring along shoes, slippers or socks to wear inside.

 

2. When we cater food for groups, the group is responsible for doing their own dishes after meals.

When groups cook for themselves, they are responsible for leaving the kitchen in as good condition as they found it.

 

3. No alcoholic beverages or drugs, not prescribed by a physician or not for use for medical purposes,

can be brought with the group or consumed on our property.

 

4. We seek to maintain a "smoke free" environment. If some group members must smoke,

we ask that it be done in their vehicles.

 

5. Dances are not to be held on the camp property.

 

6. Cabin groups made up of campers who are 18 years of age and under must have an adult leader residing in the

cabin with the group.

 

7. Cabins and washrooms designated for girls are out of bounds to boys and vice-versa.

 

8. We urge that all groups have a knowledgeable first aid person, preferably a nurse in their core of leaders.

Our medical center is available for use by that person; however, medical supplies or a first aid kit must be supplied by the group.

 

9. Dallas Valley Ranch Camp has insurance for their facility, activities and staff members; however, Dallas Valley Ranch Camp

cannot be responsible for accidents and sickness incurred by our rental groups. Therefore, we urge these groups to provide

sickness, accident and liability insurance that will cover their campers and staff.

 

ACCOMMODATION and FACILITIES: |top of page|

MAIN SITE - available September through mid-June

Ranch House
- Commercial Kitchen - we cater out of this kitchen, groups cannot rent it
- Dining Hall - seats up to 200 people
- Rec Room with open space, foosball, pool table
- Public washrooms
- Medical Room (medical supplies must be supplied by the group)

- groups are responsible for doing their own dishes after meals
- chairs and tables are available to meet your needs
- outdoor shoes are not permitted in the building
- coat racks/hangers available

 

Cabins
- Several bunk beds and a single bed
- Couples accommodation in cabins is available upon request (queen beds)
- 5 winterized cabins (available year-round)
- 9 non-winterized cabins (available May, June, September, October)

Winterized (available year-round)
Fender/Pommel - Sleeps 24 people, 4 rooms, 2 washrooms
Brass Conchos - sleeps 11 people, 2 rooms, washroom
Copper Snaffle - sleeps 11 people, 2 rooms, washroom
Saddle Blanket - sleeps 9 people, washroom nearby
Martingale - sleeps 8 people, washroom nearby
Ranch House Rec Room - sleeps up to 40 people (mattresses supplied on heated floor)

Non-Winterized (available May, June, September, October)
11 people per cabin, outhouses and showers nearby (water will be turned off at the end of September)
Girls Side: Saddle Strings, Lazy Latigo, Show Reins, Silver Spur
Boys side - Saddle Horn, Cinch, Golden Stirrup, Bridle, Cantle

 

Lodge
- This building is for adult groups only
- Meeting Room - seats up to 100 people in rows or 80 people around tables
- Kitchen - groups can cook for themselves out of this kitchen
- Public Washrooms
- 20 rooms for accommodation with washroom in each room (up to 69 people)

- Each room has a washroom with shower, sink, toilet
- 20 rooms altogether
- Rooms 1, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16 queen bed and bunk bed
- Rooms 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 queen bed, trundle bed (single pull out)
- Room 20 has a queen bed, bunk bed and trundle bed
- meeting room has good quality cushioned chairs
- TV/DVD player available for use
- chalkboard/white board available for use

 

Hub
- This building is not winterized; however, it has a fireplace inside
- This building is included with our outdoor rental fee
- Benches inside to sit on for up to 150 people.
- Fire pit outside the Hub as well.
- Public outhouses nearby

- firewood available
- wiener sticks available

 

CONESTOGA SITE - available May, June, September.

Rumble Wagon
- Dining hall seats up to 80 people
- Kitchen fully equipped for groups to bring food and do their own cooking
- Dallas Valley does not cater food for groups using the Conestoga site
- public outhouses and shower houses nearby

- chairs and tables are available to meet your needs
- shuffleboard
- outer deck overlooking the valley

 

Wagons
- 9 covered wagons
- bunk beds
- lights and electricity in each wagon

- 8 wagons, room for 8 people in each (total 64)
- 1 wagon, divided in half for leaders, sleeps 4 people (2 per side)
- can put the girls in one area of the camp and boys in the other
- base heaters to take the chill off at night
- fans to keep the wagons cool on warm days

 

ACTIVITIES |top of page|
For these activities we will supply the staff and run the activity for you:
Trail Rides in the valley
Ages 11 and up
Ride in the Arena
Ages 10 and under

Archery
Ages 8 and up

Climbing Wall
36 feet high
6 different routes to climb
Ages 8 and up

High Ropes
15-30 feet high
challenging bridges
climbing apparatuses
Ages 11 and up

Rapelling
36 feet high
Flat wall
Ages 11 and up

Hay/Sleigh Rides
- Up to 40 people can ride on a hay rack pulled by a tractor (year round)
- Up to 25 people can ride on a sleigh pulled by horses when there is enough snow
- Up to 40 people can ride on a sleigh pulled by a tractor when there is enough snow

 

For these activities we will supply the equipment, but you must supply the staff/leaders:
waterfront (canoeing/zipline/swimming)
wide games (i.e. capture the flag -belts and flags available for use)
volleyball
basketball
broomball
tobogganing

 

For these activities, you need to supply your own equipment and staff/leaders:

group games
initiative games
hiking
walking
quinzee building
skating
cross-country skiing
snow-shoeing