We hope to make this site the comprehensive guide and complete resource for equestrians on the PCT.
Bellow are some of the topics we will cover. If you have expertise or experience to add to any of these, please contact us!
What am I missing?
Bellow are some of the topics we will cover. If you have expertise or experience to add to any of these, please contact us!
- General horse packing education
- The Trail by section - what to expect, what its like from an equestrian's perspective
- Through Riding vs. Section Riding
- Supported rides vs. unsupported rides
- Differences between what a hiker needs to know and what a rider needs to know
- Encountering hikers
- Dog or no dog
- Feed and Water by section
- Time of year
- Local resources by section
- farriers
- transport help
- moving your trailer
- feed and water drops
- vets
- horse motels and human ones
- Gear
- Saddles
- bridles or just a halter?
- minimalist gear
- special gear
- pack saddle, bags, etc
- horse containment
- Minimalist horse packing vs. brining the kitchen sink
- How many horses do I bring?
- Training for horses prior to the trail
What am I missing?
Want to Help Create This site?
Wild Mountain Farms opened this website in the summer of 2020 and it is a work in progress. We hope to create a site where equestrians wishing to ride some or all of the Pacific Crest Trail can get information, education and resources for their trip.
The information on this site is a collaboration of many riders and lovers of the PCT. We welcome anyone with relevant experience to join us in creating this site. If you have anything to ad, contact us today!
The information on this site is a collaboration of many riders and lovers of the PCT. We welcome anyone with relevant experience to join us in creating this site. If you have anything to ad, contact us today!