36 Posts
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Leather Care – Saddle Up July 2026
Leather Care Short Course BCHBC Shuswap Chapter has a ‘members helping members’ attitude. Most of what someone has learned, they learned from someone else! So why not pay it forward? Here is a condensed version of what we learned at our half day clinic on how to clean and care for leather tack. Properly maintained […]
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Ensuring Trail Access. Saddle Up, June 2026
Who Ensures Your Equine Access to Trails? (and Your Right to Ride and Recreate with Equines?) When you are out riding a trail or camping at one of the facilities that dot BC, do you think about who might have built the campsite and be keeping access and the trails open? It might just be […]
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Outstanding Women of BCHBC
The Wild and Wonderful Women of the Back Country Eileen McDonald with husband Brian at Belle Mountain, McBride BC Eileen McDonald– The most dedicated volunteer I have ever met! She has been fully involved in the BCHBC Robson Valley Chapter since its inception. She applied for grants and organized the construction of the beautiful McIntosh […]
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History Revived – Saddle Up April 2026
Cataline – Legendary Packer of British Columbia Refusing to let the rich history of legendary packer, Jean Caux “Cataline” deteriorate, two former BCHBC Northwest Chapter chairmen made it their personal project to reconstruct his cairn in Hazelton, BC. Jean Caux “Cataline” If you’re not familiar with Cataline, think 1800’s back country freight company, using upwards […]
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The Story of Railroad Tracks – Saddle Up Feb 2026
A History Lesson – The Story of Railroad Tracks A story researched and shared by Brenda Fleming, Aldergrove Chapter It all makes sense in the end, as you soon will clearly see… The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge […]
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The new Trail Safety Message – December 2025 Saddle Up
A New Message to Improve Trail Safety. As a trail rider, I’m always aware of the possibility of trail user conflict. However, my 30 years of riding experience has taught me the vast majority of trail users try to be courteous. We equestrians have a few things that make us the most difficult user type […]
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Finding the Path of Least Resistance – Saddle Up – October 2025
Crowbars, chainsaws, mules and doughnuts; Tales of Pathfinding. When the Senior Park Ranger for Golden Ears Park at the time, mentioned the Menzies Trail washout after the last atmospheric river, none of us quite grasped the scale of the damage. We had seen pictures of the Parkway, but what the force of water did to […]
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BCHBC – #7 in our series on Horse Camps. Saddle Up 09/2025
Belle Mountain Equine Trail Network & McIntosh Equine Recreation site. Map of the Campsite Robson Valley Chapter has just received the BCHBC Outstanding Project award. To earn this award of excellence, the project truly needs to be outstanding, and exemplify the mission and vision of Backcountry Horsemen which is: To build/preserve access for equestrians and […]
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August Saddle Up 2025 Celebrating Our Legacy
On May 17-19, against a backdrop of mountain vistas and sprawling meadows, the Princeton Exhibition Grounds hosted riders and their equines for BCHBC’S annual Rendezvous. This year’s theme, History & Horses, transformed the event into a vibrant tapestry – a testament to the enduring bond between humans and horses in wilderness exploration. The 2025 Rendezvous […]
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July Saddle Up 2025
From Trail Team to Drill Team L to R: Debra on Buddy, Lori on Coyote, Sarah on Gaitlyn, Jodie on foot, Zelda on Violet, Chloe on Ripley, Mel on Eli and Debbie on Lina Even though I belong to the Alberni Valley Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen of BC, and trail-riding/trail-clearing work bees are […]
