Category: Trails

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Bikes, Boots and Bridles – Partnering for Gibbs Lake Trails on National Trails Day June 1st

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Buckhorn Range Chapter of Back Country Horsemen of WA is partnering with Quimper Trails Association to host our 3rd annual National Trails Day event together to spruce up the trails at Gibbs Lake County Park. Please join us there at the main parking area on Gibbs Lake Rd. We will meet at 10 a.m. June 1st for a safety briefing, hand out tools and … Read More Bikes, Boots and Bridles – Partnering for Gibbs Lake Trails on National Trails Day June 1st

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Hikers and Horsemen Team Up to Open Popular Trail & Horse Camp

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The drive south on US Highway 101 along the Hood Canal gave us a forewarning of what lay ahead. For 50 miles there were downed powerlines and poles, trees and massive amounts of debris piled along the sides of the road. The date was Saturday, February 26th and Buckhorn Range chapter President Kris Lenke and I were on our way to a field trip … Read More Hikers and Horsemen Team Up to Open Popular Trail & Horse Camp

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LeBar Horse Camp Regional Work Party May 20th – 22nd

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We are hosting a regional work party in partnership with other chapters in the region to get LeBar Horse Camp and the Lower S. Fork Skokomish River trail ready for the season. Winter storm damage is extensive – there is a lot of work to do! We need volunteers for camp and trail work. Tasks include: brushing/swamping (a lot of swamping!), blowdown removal (sawyers … Read More LeBar Horse Camp Regional Work Party May 20th – 22nd

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LeBar Campout July 23 – 25th

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Come and enjoy all that LeBar Horse Camp has to offer along with other members of our chapter. Whether this is your first time (kind assistance offered) or one of many times camping with your equine partner, you’re sure to enjoy this weekend full of camaraderie and riding. More information and directions available. Please RSVP so we have an idea if we need to organize meals, … Read More LeBar Campout July 23 – 25th

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LeBar Horse Camp Gets a Makover!

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I would like to thank all those that made the LeBar work party successful and fun.   It was one of those planned events that could either have worked or not worked.   We had 44 yards of gravel being delivered to a locked gated campground in the mountains (LeBar) so it could have been a true disaster if everything didn’t happen like clockwork.   For example, … Read More LeBar Horse Camp Gets a Makover!

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May Day/Derby Day Work Party at Ichabod’s Bridge

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We had a dry if not terribly sunny day on Saturday, although someone invited the mosquitoes to the party as well. Since the pandemic blew into our lives there have been solo and household work parties, and a couple of small gatherings to work at the Horse Park, but this was the first group work party I had hosted in over a year, and … Read More May Day/Derby Day Work Party at Ichabod’s Bridge

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Work Party at the Horse Park

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Thank you to the volunteers who came out to the horse park yesterday to cut scotch broom on the Mustang and Boundary Trails!!    We had 7 in attendance plus 2 horses and a dog.   All the targeted work was completed.   The trails are all opened, and we were able to park in the parking area (among the log decks).   Work, conversation, and riding – … Read More Work Party at the Horse Park

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GOOD NEWS!

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LeBar Horse Camp Grant Progress We’re on schedule to replace 6-9 of the camp’s 13 high line cables as well as arranging for gravel delivery to improve the in-camp road. A work party will be forthcoming, likely April/May.

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+ 2020 Posts, Chapter and BCHW Workparty, Trails

Buckhorn Range Chapter at LeBar Horse Camp for National Public Lands Day

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By Juelie Dalzell, Buckhorn Range and Peninsula Chapters (article published in Trailhead News) National Public Land Day saw eight members of Buckhorn Range Chapter working hard to restore LeBar Horse Camp. This lovely camp had been closed all summer in part due to Covid-19 and in part due to USFS staff shortages. What interested our members was the fact we had to negotiate with … Read More Buckhorn Range Chapter at LeBar Horse Camp for National Public Lands Day

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Gold Creek Ford Approach Restored

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Buckhorn and Peninsula Chapters of BCHW submitted for two projects in the northeast portion of the Olympic National Forest to be funded by the Title II distribution of the Secure Rural Schools Act.   Title II funds are spent to benefit the public’s use of the National Forest and includes road improvements on access roads, noxious weed treatments, youth crew employment, watershed enhancement, and recreation … Read More Gold Creek Ford Approach Restored

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“Virtual” Work Party

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With COVID-19 safety precautions and restrictions imposed by the Governor’s office and a virtual National Trails Day being silenced nationally by the American Hiking Society to “suspend our promotion of National Trails Day® in solidarity with the ongoing protests across the country”, our Chapter had already decided to limit work parties to “Same-Household” groups and work individually on our favorite trails. In our household, … Read More “Virtual” Work Party

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The Magnificent Seven

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We, the Magnificent Seven, had a very productive work party today at the Horse Park. We cut massive amounts of scotch broom and beat it into submission placing it into piles. The “Sevens” were Helen, Larry, Robin, Peter , Jeff, Juelie, Kris.

Upcoming Events
  • Chapter Meeting January 9, 2026 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tri-Area Community Center, Chimacum Join us for viewing the film, produced by chapter member Wren Winfield, of Bernice Ende's epic story about riding 30,000 miles across our country. In Lady Long Rider, Bernice shares the miles of insight she gained on the horseback ride that ultimately became a journey of self-discovery. Question/Answer session with Wren to follow.
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