Past Ride Pictures

To see past ride pictures and videos click the link below. It will switch to the Flickr website where there are albums of numerous rides taken by the Portneuf River Back Country Horseman and the Over the Hill Gang (OTHG). If you ride a gaited horse you may want to click FRIENDS in the menu above for more information about the OTHG. 

Blackrock Ride Friday Sept. 21, 2019

A good number of riders showed up Saturday. Fall colors are late and so this time the ride had only a few maples showing their red leaves. For lunch we had hot open-faced sandwiches of pulled pork or pulled chicken with coleslaw and chips.

Grant of $350 from the Pocatello Running Club.
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For several years, the Portneuf River Back Country Horsemen have packed water up the mountain for the Pocatello Running Club's "Over the Top Race."  They describe this race as one of Pocatello Idaho's most popular and beautiful singletrack trails in the City Creek Trail System.

The Pocatello Running Club uses money from sponsored races to support charitable causes. This year we were chosen to recive their support.

A member of the Over the Hill Gang passed out and fell off his horse. He woke up and was groggy but had no symptoms or signs of cardiovascular, muscular, nervous or mental problems except just general tiredness and weakness. At the time we had no way to measure blood pressure or blood sugar. He had been perfectly well at lunch. Anyway to make a long story short we called in the air ambulance. They didn't find anything either but he was still dozy and weak and unable to ride back to the trailers. So this hilicopter trip is going to cost 56 thousand  dollars. A word to the wise is to check your health insurance for such coverage.

Because of the loss of our friend Rid Fisher in July, I delayed posting this report on the Chapters ride up Crane Creek, July 20. The Crane Creek ride is one of our regular riding trails. It is usually done in the Spring when daytime temperatures are not high.  We knew it might be hot so we met at 8 am. To further minimize the effect of heat we rode counterclockwise around the loop so that climbing was done right away in the early morning hours. A rest, and refreshments was taken at a nice cool spot where Robber's Roost Creek crosses the boundry trail. Then after a little more climbing we rode north along the Boundry Trail. The view was great. Finally, we decended through open hillsides to the trailhead. It was good to socialize with old friends, and meet some relatively new people. 

​To the left: Laura Hardimann and her daughter Rochelle came down from Blackfoot.
To the right: Robyn Schults is a new member and she brought her son Ryan. They live in Pocatello.

City of Rocks Ride 

City of Rocks had better weather than Pocatello. We were lucky though, areas of rain could be seen moving around but none hit us. Robin, Tyler, Darrel, Darryl and Steve had lunch halfway through the City of Rocks Ride. As you can see raincoats are on just in case. Steve Hurley came up on Friday and mapped the Castle Rocks area. Castle Rocks has a different flavor than City of Rocks. It is a smaller area and riders are closer to actual rock formations. City of Rocks has more vista and bigger cliffs. Steve found a fishing pond and caught his first trout of the year. Tyler was visiting from the Cache Peak Chapter. Robin has a new horse and looks forward to doing more riding this summer. Darryl Cook and Darryl Beard are the best riding companions.
Portneuf River Back Country Horsemen helping out at the Cal Ranch Store in Pocatello to support the 12th Annual Sportsmen Against Hunger.
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Lunch on the Boundary Trail next to Robber's Roost Creek

Rides in Blackrock Canyon.

Pictures by Milton Emery

Project completed Saturday, June 2nd, at the Summit Campground, west of Malad Pass. Three hitching posts were installed next to the trail-head parking area shown below. Thanks to Dennis Anderson for a great welding job and thanks to all those that participated.

​Ride up Corral Creek.

Crane Creek Ride 5-19-2018

The Snake River Ride was beautiful. Temperature was good. Horses were excited but calmed down after a little exercise.

Three corrals at the Pebble Guard Station were repaired on August 15th. Then on August 22nd, six corrals at the Big Springs Horse Campsites were repaired by the Back Country Horsemen working with Boy Scouts participating in Jake Ballard's Eagle Project. Boy Scouts contributed at least another 40 hours of hands on labor. The Westside Ranger District supplied poles and lag bolts.




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