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Our Staff
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The Staff at Hidden Trails
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Ryan Schmidt, owner of Hidden Trails, was born in Germany and emigrated to the USA and then to Canada in the late 70s after finishing college with a major in business administration. Ryan then owned and operated a wilderness lodge in the Coast Mountains of BC, where he was an outfitter, riding and fly fishing guide for 10+ years. In 1997 he started Hidden Trails. Due to his personal hands-on experiences and extensive travels all over the world, he has a vast knowledge of the majority of the Hidden Trails equestrian and outdoor adventure tours. He has tested scores of trips on many continents. You want to make sure you talk to him about rides in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico Costa Rica and Belize and many more. He will be happy to share his experience in leading riding tours and in assessing the qualities of the various tours Hidden Trails offers. If you are not sure what trip best fits you, Ryan is excellent at finding just the right holiday destination for you.
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Lauren Sorel, Trip Consultant at Hidden Trails, grew up in South Delta, British Columbia. She trained and competed in hunter/jumpers across BC's lower mainland in her youth. Throughout the years she has spent many vacations and business trips in various parts of the Caribbean, Mexico, United States and Canada. Her most memorable adventure would be her year spent in New Zealand and Australia backpacking solo and befriending and learning from other travelers from all over the globe. Lauren is currently working on a writing degree in the evenings at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and spends her free time walking her dog, horseback riding, reading novels and day dreaming about her next international vacation.
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Francisca Galvez - Francisca Galvez grew up in Chile and from a very young age learned to love animals and the outdoors. Horses quickly became one of her favorite companions - she trained and competed in horse jumping in her teens and early twenties. While studying a degree in Journalism and Communication, she spent one semester in Australia, where she did some of her most memorable travels along the aussie east coast. After graduating from university, she moved to New Zealand where she lived and worked for two years, and traveled across both islands doing camera work for a horse riding documentary production (check it out! -http://www.downacrossup.com/ ). She has also traveled extensively throughout Chile and South America, Polynesia and Southeast Asia. Now she’s decided it was time to move north, and she’s landed in Vancouver where she is happily settled. Photography is another of her big passions – she has got many horse pictures she will be sharing on Facebook!
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Megan Loiacono - Megan is the newest Hidden Trails member. She grew up in Delta, British Columbia. Riding and Competing in the hunter/jumpers has been a passion of hers, and also enjoys riding to the near beaches and trails. Megan has travelled to Holland and various places throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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Marlon Cabilin is the Hidden Trails tech guy. Marlon originally immigrated to Canada from the Philippines 18+ years ago and is in charge of developing and improving the reservation and information system at Hidden Trails. Marlon has been working for Hidden Trails since April of 2005. Marlon is our all-around guy: reservations, payments, computers and networking, and overall anything else for business operations. He was recently appointed as Office Manager.
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