- Tuition includes the Wyoming State Sales Tax and shuttle service between the Billings or Cody airports and the ranch.
- Deposit: In order to reserve your spot, we must receive a completed application and a deposit of $1,500. The deposit is refundable if you notify us of a change in plans before February 1. For applications received after February 1, the deposit is non-refundable.
- Discounts: A 10% discount is available for applications received before January 1, and a 10% discount is also available for the second and third children from a single family during the same summer. Only one discount can be applied per Rancher.
- Tuition Refund: The tuition balance is due by May 1. No refunds can be made for cancellations after that date. If applying after May 1, the full tuition must accompany the application.
- Canteen Account: We ask for a $125 deposit in our ranch store to cover miscellaneous expenses such as laundry, spending money for trips, and other personal purchases. Those who opt to participate in target and skeet shooting will be charged for the ammunition they use. Any unused funds will be returned to the parents at the end of the summer. If the account has been overdrawn, the Ranch will bill the parents.
- Elk Creek Ranch is aware of the safety challenges involved in the Ranch programs. Although we stress “safety first” as part of the best western tradition, we cannot assume responsibility for accident or illness, both of which can occur under the most vigilant supervision. It is required that you accurately complete and sign the Elk Creek Ranch medical form and medical release permitting hospital care. This information and authorization will allow us to respond to medical emergencies in the most effective manner possible.
- In signing this application, you acknowledge that the use, handling, and riding of a horse involves a risk of physical injury to any individual undertaking such activities. You understand that a horse, irrespective of its training and usual past behavior and characteristics, may act or react unpredictably at times, based upon instinct or fright, which is an inherent risk assumed by a horseback rider.
- In signing this application, you expressly assume such risk and waive any claim against Elk Creek Ranch as a result of physical injury incurred in said activities, except to the extent such claim might be based upon the sole and exclusive negligence of the Elk Creek Ranch. You further agree to hold the camp harmless for physical injury to others, or for property damage, which results from your child’s use of the camp’s horse in violation of any camp rules or the terms and conditions of this agreement.
- The use or possession of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or other drugs or drug paraphernalia is not permitted, and therefore constitutes grounds for dismissal without a refund.
- Elk Creek Ranch welcomes campers of any race, religion, national, and ethnic origin and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national or ethnic origin. In our mission to create a close-knit community, we do not tolerate any bullying or discrimination of any sort. If your child’s behavior/actions prove to be harmful to the ECR community, the directors reserve the right to send your child home without tuition refund. In addition, all travel expenses will be covered by the parent/gaurdian.
- In signing this application, you hereby give permission for Elk Creek Ranch to use photographs, addresses and e-mails of or including your child in the brochures, newsletters, website, facebook and slide shows.
- This agreement shall be effective and binding upon the parties hereto for the duration of their stay at Elk Creek Ranch. The parties hereto acknowledge having read and understood this agreement.
- In signing this application, you understand that, under the Wyoming Recreation Safety Act, Wyoming Statutes #1121-1123 (sign. 1993), your child’s participation in dude-ranching activities, swimming, alpine skiing, snowboarding, mountain climbing, river floating, fishing, backcountry trips, horseback riding, and any other equine activity, and similar recreational opportunities implies that you have assumed the inherent risks of injury associated with such activities.
- In signing this application, it is Elk Creek Ranch’s understanding that you, as parent or guardian, having reviewed the information made available to you about the Ranch program, have judged your child capable of participating safely and fully in all of the Ranch activities.
