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Near Yellowstone National Park

Back-to-Nature Boys Ranch
With Awesome Wilderness Treks

A young man’s life is like a frontier — limitless and bounding with potential

Give your son the immersive ranch and wilderness experience of a lifetime. More than a ranch program, Frontier’s wilderness expedition aspect is an amazing and effective way to help preteen and teen boys reset life values, purpose, and priorities. The boys ranch serves young men 10-17 who are struggling socially, academically, or behaviorally. It takes them out of their comfort zone to teach them deep-standing life lessons that will help them flourish for a lifetime. Our campus near Yellowstone National Park plays a pivotal part in the program for at-risk boys. Founded by a Catholic family, Oasis Boys Ranch intentionally uses “back to nature” wilderness opportunities, with the Rocky Mountains and a 55,000 acre ranch as a backdrop, to heal troubled youth. Your son will experience pristine nature on his journey toward restoration and recovery. The boys ranch will build dignity, self-respect, and responsibility in your boy as he experiences living off the grid in the Rocky Mountains.

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Your Boy Will Gain a Whole New Perspective on Life

Our boys ranch and wilderness program will help strengthen your struggling boy through ranch responsibilities coupled with amazing back-country wilderness expeditions. Your son will experience pristine nature on his journey toward restoration and recovery. We will build dignity, self-respect, and responsibility in your boy as he experiences living off the grid in the Rocky Mountains. The wild frontier is a school that will help push the boundaries of your boy’s knowledge and skills. Character-building situations will abound, teaching your boy to overcome obstacles within himself and his environment. He’ll also learn things about life management and what matters in life, absent the typical distractions youth have today.

We work with boys struggling with:

  • Gambling or Gaming
  • Anger
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Educational Failure
  • Lacking Confidence
  • Rebellion and Defiance
  • Disrespect
  • Impulsivity
  • Feeling of Abandonment
  • Lacking Social Skills
  • Asperger’s
  • Anxiety
  • Pornography
  • Poor Peer Choices
  • Social Media and Internet Addiction

Your Boy Will Love It…And You’ll Love that You Sent Him Here

From the Ranch We Venture on Horseback Into the Vast Wilderness
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Your troubled son will never be the same after coming to The Frontier.

From our Base Camp on a working cattle ranch, in the high desert of Northwest Wyoming, to the tops of the Absaroka Mountain Range, your troubled son will begin to understand and appreciate the beauty of the great outdoors and develop a sense of awe that will help him explore the ideas of his place in this world.

The question of “Why am I here?” has many meanings when overlooking the valleys and across the sagebrush, away from family and poor influences. More than a boys ranch, our program offers the wilderness as God’s school room, to teach principles relating to God, Family, and Community.

An Incredibly Life-Changing Time In God’s Great Outdoors

As a safe place for boys with troubled relationships, we use the surrounding outdoor environment as a classroom where your son is taught to face daily challenges head-on, without excuses.

At other places boys who are disruptive often get a “time out,” we give them a “time in” – time in the great outdoors, time in reflection, and time in communication with God.

WILDERNESS TREKS AND COWBOYS – WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!

Many boys ranches, often called “dude” ranches develop their activities on the ranch and cowboy lifestyle. But our program starts at the ranch and moves outward into the wilderness. It is an incredible experiential encounter with nature set in a “cowboy” culture and tradition with beautiful mountain and desert panoramas. All life-changing ranch and wilderness activities include avenues in which boys will experience success, dignity, and gain confidence. Since ranches make their living outside, most activities of our boys ranch are devoted to that environment, but much time is spent off the ranch, out in the Oasis Boys Ranch wilderness. Some outside activities include zip-lining on the campus, geocaching, metal detecting, rockhounding, camping, hiking. Indoor group activities include a wide range of social interactions such as the use of the indoor gym, weightlifting, leather tooling, woodworking crafts, ping pong, pool, card, and board games, etc.

EXPEDITIONS ARE BASED ON THE SEASONS

Spring is involved in outdoor learning about calving and getting ready for summer pasture with the annual branding and sharing the branding tradition with other ranches. This is by far the most favorite time of the year for the boys. Summer is filled with fishing, swimming, boating, and riding. Fall is getting ready for the cows to come home and harvesting. Horseback riding, mechanizing, and harvesting are part of the normal day. Sledding or tubing on the Sunlight mountain range is a favorite activity during the winter. We help boys relax and enjoy the peace and quiet of hiking, fishing, and camping. The whole philosophy of Oasis Boys Ranch is dependent on these experiential learning encounters.

An Authentic Ranch and Wilderness Experience Like None Other

We utilize authentic ranch experiences and a team filled with the love of Christ to heal the troubled and wounded youth in our care. Our program features outdoor education and activities to help rebuild the character and self-respect of each student, making them a morally confident contributing member of society. We believe that the ranch activities that are included in our program will educate the mind, strengthen the body, and dignify the spirit of the young men who are sent here. The program is built to be a unique alternative to traditional methods of behavioral treatment. More than wilderness learning program, our outdoor education program helps teen boys reconnect with God and create a personal foundation rooted in Christian values and principles. Located in the mountains of Wyoming, the mission of the beautiful cattle ranch is to restore struggling boys and give them hope for a bright future.

Answering Your Questions (FAQ)

Frontier FAQ for struggling teen boys

What does Oasis Boys Ranch cost?

Admissions Fee: $3,000 (one-time). Tuition, room and board: $5,800 per month. Call Today about partial scholarships!

What is included in the monthly tuition cost?

  • Room and Board.
  • Daily supervision, mentoring, and vocational training from the Frontier staff.
  • Individual academic tutoring.
  • Natural horsemanship training.
  • Access to recreational equipment, indoor sports center.
  • Daily devotional books and materials.

What is NOT included intuition?

  • Healthcare insurance and medical needs.
  • Individual educational plan-related costs
  • Initial clothing, academic tuition, and books

What are the admission requirements?

  • Initial phone interview.
  • Completed Application.
  • Admission fee and first month payment given upon arrival.

    We recognize diversity in our society and embrace a cross-cultural approach in support of the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of each and every individual.

What are the ages of the troubled youth you serve?

Oasis Boys Ranch serves troubled boys between the ages of 10-17.  We recognize diversity in our society and embrace a cross-cultural approach in support of the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of each and every individual.

Testimonials

What They Are Saying About the Ranch

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Karen S.
 

“The time that my son spent in this program was very impacting, and helped him grow, heal, and finish high school. Oasis Boys Ranch meets troubled teens where they are, sees them with the face of love, and slowly, patiently and methodically helps them confront their woundedness and learn to take the next necessary steps towards recovery. …” Read More

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Joe .
 

“The program taught me how to be a leader, and how to be level-headed and calm in bad situations. Most importantly, Oasis Boys Ranch showed me how to live a happy, sober life. It saved my life, and I am very grateful to the program…” Read More

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Dan D.
 

“Oasis Boys Ranch is an answer to prayer. Our 15-year-old son was struggling throughout his life behaviorally and emotionally. Oasis Boys Ranch provided a challenging, loving, and faith-filled environment to help him grow. He participated in the program for a full year, and it was worth it!…” Read More

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