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    150 Miles of the Colorado Trail

    We may have crossed paths! The CDT would be awesome, lots of true alpine and way more solitude. The CT has a pretty major social component and you kind of hike in waves and get to know the people near you pretty well. To do the CDT with animals would take the right snow/water year for sure though.
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    150 Miles of the Colorado Trail

    Our final mountain (Mt Zion: 12,126ft). =AZXTMESFBZ88ysiPQOe-u0Y-ZcNSNn1O01a9XHFBA7ckMKeev5vPHLb_dI1Owzofw6m_ZnOqYeaGDGEiYgbCh0uHJCY13FdkM2iotBfL9zb-gDKIa4mXI0uzdaSfrG_cm4oC_RzVFp6DFh9PIvLZOrxsGfLBW_XlMVxBH1klKVBvL4DT2G9igVRkR4uljfC4KvU&__tn__=EH-R']...
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    150 Miles of the Colorado Trail

    Just got back from a fun two week adventure through Colorado with the Burros. We did 150 miles of the Colorado Trail from Denver to Leadville. A little over 25,000 feet of climbing. The trail is 95% super well engineered, with great switchbacks and functionally no deadfall. The first few days...
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    Ultralight burro trip

    Well that is handy- I will look into those! Like all pack animals it depends on the condition of your animal, size, and terrain. But anywhere from 80-120lbs.
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    Ultralight burro trip

    Did a Youtube Video from a trip last week where I really concentrated on bringing only the essentials. Also made some breakdown electric fence posts which turned out pretty slick. Let me know what you all think. I am preparing for a 180 mile pack trip through Colorado later this summer.
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    Biting off a big chew!

    "Tons of progress accomplished by daily repetitive training" Thats the key right there!
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    My goat packing experiment

    ^^^^^^^^Best advice on this forum Frequent Conditioning = physical exercise and mental training You get what you put into any type of pack animal. The physical aspect become more and more critical with the smaller the size animal you go with.
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    New fillys

    This thread has a pile of positive good advice. Another thought I had on 60/90 day trainer tune ups to support what is said above- We send a few quarter horses to trainers (reining, cow horse, etc) and help a lot of new folks out. Sending a horse to a trainer goes better for you, and the...
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    New fillys

    Honestly trial by miles, it sounds like you are doing a great job. Keep that schedule up and you arer putting in 99% more work than most people. Its a bit different, but when i got my first BLM burro, I decided for 1 year this is what I was going to do, 3 days a week in the summer and...
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    Where to find horses for sale in Montana

    Billings livestock sale is a good place to watch auctions and have a regular group of ranch & trail horses or mules come through pretty often. https://www.billingslivestock.com/horse-sales/
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    My goat packing experiment

    What weight nylon are you using for those?
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    Trailmax Panniers-Sale

    Sweet! Load them up and post pictures!
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    Trailmax Panniers-Sale

    The high country plastics insert is a "nice" for sure. I took my MRG pack lites to walmart and found a medium-heavy duty rubbermaid container slipped right in nicely. Cost me about $15 per set. I've got about 5 years on those rubbermaid containers and still holding up I believe the high country...
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    Trailmax Panniers-Sale

    X2 on mountain ridge gear, specifically the pack lite panniers. Trail Max stuff is light duty use. Works well on major trails but if your going off trail to pack our quarters they rip pretty fast if snagged on something.
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    Can I post your donk packing pictures to the New Mexico Pack Burros FB and Instagram?

    Can I post your donk packing pictures to the New Mexico Pack Burros FB and Instagram?
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    Can I post your donk packing pictures to the New Mexico Pack Burros FB and Instagram?

    Can I post your donk packing pictures to the New Mexico Pack Burros FB and Instagram?
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    New fillys

    We start all our quarter horses at two. With the light work you've described above and their willingness to accept it, It looks like you are on track to have a couple new trail buddies this summer. Just don't forget their minds are still young and haven't seen it all on the trail. Still...
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    Cold weather riding gloves/mittens

    Kenco leather insulated gloves from a truck stop or feed store do pretty well for 20 degrees*ish I also have a set of the military surplus mitts with the wool liner. Then I have a thin merino wool glove underneath from minuss33 wool. That seems to be solid for unreasonably cold weather
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    New to goats- a couple questions

    Sounds like your setup would work great for a variety of pack stock but your really on the fence about committing to a different lifestyle/type of hunting. Owning stock is a 24/7/365 commitment. It also increases your drive times and complexity of hunting trips and reduces your over all time...
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    (Video) Backcountry Stock Containment

    Good advice, hot wire is definitely not the most secure method. I did pickets my first season and always seemed to fight the stakes or lines (rocks, bushes, etc). Probably user error. I've heard the picket stakes and cotton rope are hard to find now so I have kept them around.

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