December 12th was our Buckhorn Range Holiday Party at Fiesta Jalisco in Port Hadlock, with a fancy hats and ugly holiday sweater theme. What fun to celebrate another great year of work projects, trail works, and incredible team work this past year! Tasty treats all around, much laughter and a show of how ugly can old holiday sweaters and hats possibly be?
BCHW – Buckhorn & Peninsula Chapters Report Project location: Olympic National Park Mule CoralDate: October 29th & 30thWritten by: Rebecca Wanagel Due to the government shutdown and resulting furlough of four out of the five Olympic National Park packers, Heidi Brill, lead packer, was tasked with the annual shut down of the corral and the tending and moving of all the mules to their … Read More BCHW Volunteer Efforts at Olympic National Park
This last weekend (Saturday October 4th) saw a very productive chapter work party. We collaborated with members of the PTC, Quimper Trails Association and other great volunteers. The new extension of the ODT trail thru Anderson Lake State Park is now graveled and will soon be opened. We had many hands making for light(er) work, great camaraderie and a tasty lunch to wrap it … Read More Connect the trails
by Bob
It was a perfect day for a work party – overcast skies, temps in the low 60’s and no rain (at least, not until lunch was finished!). Members of Buckhorn Range Chapter – Back Country Horsemen of WA were joined by members of the Peninsula Trails Coalition, Quimper Trails Association, and neighbors of Anderson Lake State Park to build a short trail that extends … Read More Closing Gaps and Making Connections
by Bob
Our chapter will be hosting a work party on Saturday, September 6th to connect the incoming Olympic Discovery Trail extension on the north boundary of the Park to the existing Park trails. This short spur trail is the temporary connection to the LarryScott/ODT/Pacific NW National Scenic Trail until the permanent paved trail , trailhead and paved equestrian parking area are built (hopefully soon!) To … Read More Anderson Lake State Park/Olympic Discovery Trail Work Party Sept. 6th
Hosted by Peninsula Chapter BCHW Join us at Sage Horse Camp – 2514 Chicken Coop Rd, Sequim • Ride fee: $30 includes 4 tickets• Extra tickets: $5 each• Limited dry Camping available $25 per night, includes 2 corrals (extra corrals available, $5 per night)• Saturday BBQ Rib Dinner: $18 per person • $300 Visa card first prizeRegister online here! The annual Prize Ride hosted … Read More Annual Olympic Spirit Prize Ride, September 13th, 2025
What a great way to spend a beautiful and tranquil Saturday at the home of Buckhorn Range’s President, Judy Sarles for this summer’s get together. Buckhorn hosted our Regional BBQ with members of Olympic, Peninsula, and the former Mt Olympus chapters in attendance. A jolly way to eat delicious BBQ, amazing sides and boy, those pies and desserts were awesome. Much laughter, and loads … Read More Summer kick off at BCHW Regional Picnic June 14th, 2025
by Bob
We held the 2025 version of our annual LeBar Horse Camp/S. Fork Skokomish R. Trail Regional Work Party May 2nd-4th under (mostly) sunny skies. It was a wonderful weekend to get work done and all in all it was a great success. The advance party arrived Thursday night and opened the gates for the other early arrivals. Friday morning the Peninsula Chapter/GrayWolf Trail Crew … Read More Volunteers Revitalize S. Fork Skokomish Trails and LeBar Horse Camp
We cheered and sang Happy Birthday at our Chapter Meeting Friday April 11th, at the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum. We raffled plenty of little gifts after the meeting, and a coveted squeaky pig made the criminal rounds, finally landing in the sunniest of hands! We have lots of awesome events coming up for May, please join us! May 2,3 and 4 – Regional … Read More Happy Birthday 24th Buckhorn Range Chapter
by Bob
The 2025 BCHW Rendezvous was held in Ellensburg over the weekend. Attendance was down this year due to the winter weather advisory and pass closures, but it was still a great event and we all had a good time. On Sunday after the annual General Membership meeting the awards ceremony was held. Among the recipients was our own Larry Sammons who received the Trail … Read More Trail Warrior
It was a successful, super fun, tool cache inventory and tool cleaning work party this past Saturday March 1st. Donuts and coffee accompanied the good cheer plus the many hands made for light work. Its surprising how good that feels to take out all the equipment, have a look to see whats in need of repair, what needs sharpening and ever so satisfying to … Read More Spring Cleaning our Tool Cache
A Buckhorn Range Chapter Fundraiser! We work hard to keep trails open. We educate, advocate and move that dirt to get it done. Our fundraising effort is to enable our chapter to support the BCHW mission with funds to cover local community and administrative costs. Pre-orders with payment available at BCHW Rendezvous March 14-16th, Come find us in the Manastash Room at Rendezvous Fair … Read More Show your BCHW Pride with an outdoor sign!
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