Cottonwood Ranch - O'Neil Basin - Wells Nevada
Provided Annually in the Early Summer
$1000 per person
This clinic will be structured toward learning and improving the skills needed to work on or travel in a wilderness area comfortably and safely with livestock.
Explore the Jarbidge Wilderness
The Jarbidge Mountains form the highest concentration of peaks over 10,000 feet in Nevada and they are magnificent!

DAY 1
LOCATION: Cottonwood Ranch
- Ground Work
- Knots, Hitches
- Starting a young packhorse
- Choosing right livestock and equipment for a commercial pack trip
DAY 2 thru 5
LOCATION: Pack in Jarbidge Wilderness and setup our main base camp
- The basic "set-up" of camp
- Packing, sawbuck, and decker systems
- Choosing and setting up camp gear
- Horsemanship
- Tending livestock in camp
- Meals-Dutch oven cooking
- Planning meals