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CJ Bar Ranch

Johnny & Carolyn Mathews
Po Box 87
Hines, Oregon 97738
Phone: (541) 589-1406
 
Classic llamas. PLTA Pack certified performance and halter champions.

Rocky Mountain Llamas

Mary Vavrina
Rocky Mountain Llamas
7202 North 45th St.
Niwot, CO  80503
Phone:  (303) 530-5575
Email: mary@rockymtllamas.com

Trail-tested, llama-approved pack gear: Ollie Llama (Shasta) and Timberline pack systems, halters and leads, pack equipment and trail gear, training books and DVDs, and home-grown llama fiber.

Wayfaring Traveler Ranch

BJ & Mike Carlson
PO Box 98
Burlington, WY
Phone: (307) 762-3536
Skype:  majcarlsonwy075
Email: wtr@tctwest.ne

The Wayfaring Traveler Ranch (WTR) offers the chance to relax at our guest house, hike the trails, trek with a llama, or just sit back and enjoy the beautiful sunsets. The fully equipped guest cabin can easily accommodate families.WTR is a working llama ranch of 26 llamas, and offers llama rentals and a horse motel.WTR  is centrally located between the Big Horn and Absaroka Mountains outside the small community of Burlington, WY.  Nearby Yellowstone National Park and Cody, WY are the hubs of tourism of the area. The Cloud Peak, North Absaroka, and Washaki Wilderness areas are within access of WTR.

Burns Llama Trailblazers

Becky Cunningham, Anne Sheeter & Lisa Wolf
31804 Eban Ray Lane
Burns, Oregon  97720
Breeding: (541) 589-0840, Females: (541) 573-2628, Packing: (541) 413-0431
Email: burnsllamabiz@google.com

Burns Llama Trailblazers has been breeding working llamas for over twenty years. We certify all our llamas as PLTA packers and regularly take top honors in performance classes at regional llama shows. Our llamas have taken honors at the national level and hold the highest certification available from PLTA; Extreme String Pack Llama. We are dedicated trainers who specialize in education of both llamas and handlers. We offer packing support, trained pack llamas for sale, and individualized training workshops for you and your llama.

Potato Ranch Llama Packers

Potato Ranch Llama Packers Llama Rentals
Greg Harford (Proprietor)
15025 Potato Ranch Road
Sonora, California 95370
(209)588-1707

potatoranch@gmail.com

'Take it Off Your Back and put it in Our Pack'

Potato Ranch Llama Packers is located in Sonora, CA at the foot of the incredible Sierra Nevada mountain range. With more than 26 years of llama packing experience, we are the only Northern California outfitter renting trained pack llamas.

Our friendly, well-trained pack llamas will support your adventures through some of the most exquisite backcountry in California including the John Muir Trail (JMT), the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT), Tahoe Yosemite Trail (TYT), Emigrant Wilderness, Yosemite National Park, Desolation Wilderness, Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, Hoover Wilderness, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, and more.

Rattlesnake Ridge Llama Ranch

Gayle & Scott Noga
350 Tracie Road
Pasco, WA 99301-8895
Phone: (509) 545-5903
FAX: (509) 545-5903
Email: llamas@NO.SPAMrattlesnakeridgeranch.com

Rhodie Hill Farm

Viv & Bob Fulton
625 County Rd 24
Sherburne, NY 13460
Phone: (607) 674-9488
Email: bvfulton@frontiernet.net

Contact us about our workshops (see the website);  our Llama Fiber and Yarn availability,& of course, the Central NY Fiber Artists & Producers Assoc. We also offer Beginning Packing for Llamas & Handlers workshops taught & individualized for your needs; best for folks with no packing and/or llama experience, as well as for those that have done some packing and may be considering entering a pack trial.  We cover fitting pack equipment and teaching your llama to accept it.  After basics, we advance into an actual hike that includes water, brush, logs, hills, and other natural packing challenges.  If your llama does not advance readily through all the stages of training, we will use one of our llamas for the hands-on learning. Contact us for details.

Rocky Mountain Llamas Products

Mary Vavrina
Rocky Mountain Llamas
7202 North 45th St.
Niwot, CO  80503
Phone:  (303) 530-5575
Email: mary@rockymtllamas.com

Trail-tested, llama-approved pack gear: Ollie Llama (Shasta) and Timberline pack systems, halters and leads, pack equipment and trail gear, training books and DVDs, and home-grown llama fiber.

Lama Hardware: Flaming Star Llama Gear

Richard Galloway
1385 Tutuilla Road
Pendleton, OR  97801
Email: richard@llamahardware.com

We make gear for the working llama! Specifically, we manufacture the famous Flaming Star Packing Gear and Logan Driving Halters for llamas. Our smaller packs fit miniature donkeys and horses, goats, and alpacas. We also specialize in accessories for the packing and driving enthusiasts. If you don't see what you want on our website, please send us an email. We'll do our best to accommodate you!

Lauren Sill - Medicine Lodge, KS Pack Trial

From The Wichita Eagle Outdoors section this video features PLTA member Lauren Sill at the Medicine Lodge Pack Trial in February, 2015. The accompanying article features quotes from several PLTA members.

Llama Pack Project, Peru

Llama Pack Project works to recover traditional uses and breeding of carrier llamas as a tool for sustainable rural development and mountain conservation

Recovering Ancestral Use of Llamas - Urubamba, Peru

Spanish with english subtitles, this video discusses the Llama Pack Project's efforts to recapture the genetic strains of the anacestral ccara working llama.

Please Send Forms to:


PLTA Data Manager
575 E. Jefferson St.
Burns, Oregon 977720
Phone: (541) 413-0341

admin@packllama.org


Please Send Payments to:

PLTA Treasurer
15260 S. Poe Valley Rd.
Klamath Falls, Oregon 97603
Phone: (541) 205-2853

treasurer@packllama.org


For Information About the PLTA Contact:

Becky Cunningham
PLTA President
29430 Radar Lane
Burns, Oregon   97720     
Phone: (541) 589-0840

info@packllama.org