After staying the night at the lodge we packed in the next day on horseback. Because we were in a wilderness area, nothing motorized could be used. No 4 wheelers, generators, chainsaws, etc. Everything was packed in by horseback. The guides packed the entire camp site (coming in the next post) back in July and had been living in the mountains/scouting since then. EVERYTHING in camp came in on a 2 hour horseback ride which was very impressive. They used 17 horses all loaded down with about 200lbs and it took 3 trips.
I think this pack horse's name was Jimbo.
The guy in the red shirt is Bill Allen, owner of the outfitters. They were packing down the horses.
This is a view right as we were heading into the mountains. We went up and over that far right peak to the other side.
About 3/4 of the way in we hit the west elk wilderness where we did our hunting
This was my horse, Sissy, for the trip. We did several rides together. She did great. I did spoil her every now and then with granola bars and candy just to be sure I was on her good side. I thought she was going to give out on me going up the mountain. I don't think she had hauled that much weight yet.
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