BILLINGS — People looking to take pack horses or mules on their next trip afield face some steep obstacles. Transporting cargo on horseback is an ancient practice and in the western United States ...

KALISPELL, Mont. -- On a summer evening, three horse packers rode into the Bob Marshall Wilderness north of Lincoln to pack out a trail crew. The crew had been packed into the wilderness by a ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program is sponsoring a horse-packing workshop May 6 near Whitefish. Packing into the backcountry by horse can be fun and rewarding.

Demonstrations with horses and equipment will be proved by Mitchell Jackson, who is a seasoned horseman and a native of Sanpete. Besides being a farrier for over 40 years, he has been packing and ...