Updated November 17, 2025Our Chapter Meetings take place on Fridays at 7:00 PM at TRI-AREA COMMUNITY CENTER, Chimacum.Printable Events Calendar JANUARY 9 – Chapter meetingFEBRUARY 7 – Tool CacheMARCH 7 – Work party (TBD)MARCH 13 – Chapter meetingAPRIL 4 – Work Party, Horse ParkAPRIL 11 – Horseshoe Flower projectAPRIL 24-26 – BCHW Rendezvous in EllensburgMAY 1-3 – Regional Work Party, LeBar Horse Camp, sign … Read More 2026 Buckhorn Range Events
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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
Updated January 3, 2025Our Chapter Meetings take place on Fridays at 7:00 PM at TRI-AREA COMMUNITY CENTER, Chimacum.Printable Events Calendar JANUARY 10 – Chapter meetingFEBRUARY 1 – Tool CacheMARCH 1 – Work party (TBD)MARCH 21 – Chapter meetingAPRIL 5 – Horse ParkMAY 2-4 – Regional work party, LeBar Horse Camp/Skok R. Trail Regional infoMAY 9 – Chapter meetingJUNE 7 – Work Party, National Trails … Read More 2025 Buckhorn Range Events
SUMMARY: LeBar Horse Camp closed temporarily.July 7, 2024, courtesy of ONF Supervisor Kelly Lawrence There is a forest fire closer to Brown’s Creek Campground. The ONF is going to use LeBar as a base camp for firefighters and emergency personnel that will be containing the fire. The fire is currently about 5 acres.
Yay, its July – which means it’s time for our chapter’s yearly campout at LeBar Horse Camp. It will be July 12-14, 2024. It’s a beautiful camp with picturesque trails nearby. If you’ve never been there before, now’s your opportunity. Even if you don’t camp, you could come down for the day on Saturday and have potluck dinner with us. For planning purposes, kindly … Read More Chapter’s LeBar Horse Camp July 12-14
March 15 – 17, 2024BCHW Rendezvous, Ellensburg, WA Kris Lenke was nominated for a 2023 Lopper Award in recognition of her ongoing commitment to BCHW reflected in her many years of service as Buckhorn Range Chapter President for a decade, and two decades as a tireless trail worker. Her always ready, can-do attitude, be it as a work party participant or as a public-facing … Read More Kris Lenke wins 2023 BCHW Lopper Award
This is a great opportunity to experience how the Board operates. It’ll be formatted so that you can listen to the discussions and then ask questions or make a comment. (Yup, learn how the sausage is made.) Following the Board meeting, we’ll get down to the real business of enjoying ourselves. The BBQ will be partially chapter sponsored items along with potluck offerings. Our … Read More Sunday, August 6 – Chapter Board Meeting & BBQ
Every year on the first Saturday in August, the town of Joyce, Washington holds its Wild Blackberry Festival called Joyce Daze. The wild black berries that grow in the area are small and sweet. For more info about the parade see the Schedule of Events BCHW has an entry in the Joyce Daze parade which starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday 8/5. This is … Read More Saturday August 5 – Joyce Daze parade @ 1 p.m
July 14-16 – Chapter Campout at LeBar Horse Camp Come and enjoy the splendor of this fabulous camp and nearby trail. If you’ve never been here before this is an opportunity to check it out either overnight with your horse or drive in for the day without stock. It would be to your advantage to RSVP to me (Kris) so we can have an … Read More 2023 Summer Buckhorn Events
BCHW LOPPER AWARD 2023 Rendezvous was held at the Kittitas Valley Event Center in Ellensburg on March 17-19, 2023This award is for a BCHW member who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and dedication to their chapter or to BCHW by participation and promotion of what the BCHW Mission Statement stands for. This is kind of an “all around” award, with the nominee being active in … Read More Congratulations to Bob Hoyle, for being honored with the BCHW Lopper Award at 2023 Rendezvous!
We did a little business and had a lot of fun. Here’s a picture of our 21st birthday party.Next year? Party hats!
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