1.) I/we have asked to participate in a retreat at Sonrise Mountain Ranch (SMR). I/we understand the following:
• SMR is located at a high elevation in a remote mountain setting;
• SMR is without medical facilities and immediate medical care may be unavailable for accidents or illness;
• The retreat may include various activities including but not limited to activities near a reservoir, pond or river; activities in the snow such as sledding, skiing or snow-shoeing; hiking; riding ATVs; horseback riding; rafting; rock climbing; tubing; and water rafting (“Activities”);
• Some Activities (such as water rafting, skiing and horseback riding) may be conducted, facilitated or provided by companies or persons other than SMR; and
• The retreat and Activities involve many risks (including but not limited to falling, equipment failure, encounters with manmade and natural obstacles or conditions, encounters with wildlife and animals, exposure to inclement weather, illness, drowning and other similar and dissimilar risks) and that these risks could result in personal injury, property damage and death
4.) I/we assume all risks of personal injury, death and property damage including the ones set forth in paragraphs 1 through 3 above, which may result from my/our participation and my/our minor children’s participation in the retreat and any associated Activities, on my/our behalf and on behalf of my/our minor children or wards. I/we also waive any claims based on negligence or breach of warranty that I/we or my/our minor children or wards might assert on my/our own behalf or on the behalf of my/our minor children or wards against SMR, its owners, board, agents, volunteers, guests, and employees for personal injuries, death, and/or property damage sustained while participating in the retreat or any Activities.