Falling Water Horse Camp, near Ben Hur, AR
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Fantastic camp, fantastic trails! Joe Garrison passed away, so Glen is running things solo...but Art and Mary help out. Nice big stalls...they have a 46 stall barn, plus another row of about 8 stalls. Clean camp and nice bathhouse. Only negative was that they just had one map for our big group of 25 folks...but the map was good and helped out a lot. Lots of water crossings and beautiful water falls. Trails are nice and generally well-marked. We will be going back. |
| Reviewed by harmoncollege on 3/26/2016 12:21:59 AM |
Experience: Expert |
Ride Date: 3/13/2016 |
Hometown: Coweta, OK |
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Music Meadows Ranch, near Westcliffe, CO
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Our group rented the house, and then we had several trailers up the hill behind the house. Elin went out of her way to make things easy for us while we were there for a week. They brought in bales of hay for us to buy from them. Only issue is that it takes about an hour ride to get to the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. |
| Reviewed by harmoncollege on 6/2/2019 7:09:18 PM |
Experience: Expert |
Ride Date: 7/21/2018 |
Hometown: Coweta, OK |
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Palisades Horse Camp/Williams Creek Trail Head, near Pagosa Springs, CO
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Such a beautiful place...great camp hosts. Just do some research and know what you are getting into. Call the local ranger station in Pagosa Springs and ask about the trails before you head out there to camp...they can tell you what has been cleared. This is stunningly beautiful country in the Weminuche Wilderness. You have to go out and back on the trails, but it's so pretty that it doesn't matter. We rode to Williams Lake and ate lunch one day and got to see a bald eagle catch a small animal and fly across the lake to the mountains. You can ride up to 12,000 feet if the thin air doesn't bother you. Also, make sure to get a Nat Geo trail map of the area off of Amazon...very helpful. |
| Reviewed by harmoncollege on 4/12/2016 12:22:33 PM |
Experience: Intermediate |
Ride Date: 6/21/2015 |
Hometown: Coweta, OK |
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Flying-R-Ranch, near West Plains, MO
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The campground and facilities are second to none. Fun little obstacle course, great dining hall, superb bath house. They recently opened some new showers & bathrooms in the back of the campground. General store has everything you need. Stalls are great as well. Unfortunately for our group, there just aren't enough marked trails...which is why I knocked a star off. Sure, you can head off into the National Forest, which we did twice, but you can easily follow trails that are barely marked and then likely get lost. Flying R said they can't provide a map of the National Forest trails, which is fine, but that limited the trails we could ride without worrying about getting lost. The trails they do have -- Jesse James, Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, etc. are very nice. The ride to the old ranch is enjoyable, and it's a good spot to stop for lunch. We've been three times to Flying R and just wish there were more than 3 or 4 days of riding without covering the same trails again. It's definitely a fantastic place to ride for a weekend. |
| Reviewed by harmoncollege on 4/12/2016 2:04:05 PM |
Experience: Intermediate |
Ride Date: 10/15/2015 |
Hometown: Coweta, OK |
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