There were three options: Use human labor to hike in lumber to repair a bridge along the Gore Range Trail, use mules to hike it in, or don't repair the bridge at all. Thankfully (for the trail teams) ...

Colyne Hislop, a wilderness packer with the U.S. Forest Service’s Spotted Bear Ranger District, spoke about the virtues of using electric fences to corral horses and mules in the backcountry. (Scott ...

A pack train of mules trotting around the Oval caught the attention of students and administrators on the University of Montana campus Tuesday afternoon. Donning parade saddles and a ...

The timeless image of a lone forest ranger winding through a mountain pass, trailing a string of pack mules is as ingrained on Western culture as the cowboy riding into the sunset. Next to Smokey the ...

L O S  A N G E L E S, March 3 -- For more than 60 years, pack mules havetrudged through a lush canyon in the Angeles National Forest,carrying supplies to remote cabin residents and hauling trash ...

On the all-inclusive trips, the mules carry up to 30 pounds per person. The outfitter provides horses, food, drinks, cooking equipment, dishes, lanterns, portable toilet. You provide warm clothes, a ...

Greg Schatz, an experienced packer and horseman, gives Bigfork resident Mark Mercel some pointers on packing at last Saturday’s Back Country Horsemen of the Flathead’s clinic on safety and horse and ...