Family Quest
Open Sky is excited to offer professionally led wilderness experiences for families in the desert, mountains and rivers of the Southwest. If you're looking for family team-building, skill development, a shared adventure, or a course focused on special needs or issues, we will work with you to design a course to meet the fitness levels, interests, and needs of your family. With the support of Open Sky, you can design a trip for your family to experience a wilderness adventure together. If you're seeking a rejuvenating wilderness experience or are determined to make a change in your life and find new ways of communicating with your loved ones, we hope you'll join us for this unforgettable experience.
Learn more about Family Quests:
- Safety & Comfort
- Bonding and Growing as a Family
- Activities
- Family Quest Options & Fees
- Family Quest History at Open Sky
Safety & Comfort
Your safety and comfort in the outdoors is our single most important priority. First off, professionally trained staff will always lead your trip. Wilderness living skills and backcountry safety will be taught to each participant so as to ensure a safe and successful experience. We will provide an atmosphere of mutual empowerment, challenge by choice, and a respect for individual needs. Our program is designed to meet any unique needs, physical or otherwise. We will make every effort possible to ensure your physical comfort while living and playing in the outdoors with your family.
Bonding and Growing as a Family
Family Quests are utilized to intimately address family dynamics that are contributing to a student’s current struggle. Typical referrals for this powerful and life-changing opportunity include: parent-child relational issues, blended families, unresolved family grief, or strengthening the individuation process for young adults. Families participate in Open Sky’s daily routines like camping in the outdoors, meditation, yoga, and preparing organic meals. Each Family Quest is customized to the family’s needs and can easily accommodate several factors such as age, dates, and physical ability.
Activities
For three days and two nights, families come together in a remote and relaxed environment, guided by a therapist, sharing and connecting with one another to re-establish healthy bonds. There will be solo time provided for families to build relationships and to enjoy the wilderness on their own. Family team-building activities range from camp set-up to cooking meals to deciding on which direction to hike to working towards paddling a boat together. Each quest participates in the fundamental program components characteristic to an Open Sky day: camping, yoga, meditation, enjoying camaraderie around a campfire, and cooking healthy meals.
Family Quest Options & Fees
Family Quest Classic - Single Family
Activities
Hiking and/or backpacking, camping, yoga, meditation, cooking, process groups designed for your family's needs
Fee
- 3 days, 2 nights: $4200
- 2 days, 1 night: $2800
River Quest - Single Family or Multi-Family (3-5 days)
Activities
River Running (rafting, canoeing, or inflatable kayaks), hiking, camping, yoga, meditation, cooking, and process groups designed for family’s needs
Fee
- Single family: $5500
- Multi-family: $3200/family
Equine Therapy Quest - Single Family or Multi-Family (3 days)
Activities
Equine activities ('joining up' with the horse, grooming, lunging or vaulting, family and individual experiential exercises), Hakomi therapy, yoga, meditation, process groups designed for your family's needs
Fee
- Single family: $5500
- Multi-family: $3200/family
Family Quest History at Open Sky
We conducted our first quest in 2006 and have since done over 90 successful quests for families. In 2008 alone, we conducted 29 of them including two successful river quests and one equine therapy quest. We have scouted many rivers for the upcoming year. We have made strong connections with local companies and organizations including Mild2Wild, Red River Rafting, Red River Canoe/Fly Fishing, and Buffalo Woman’s Ranch.
