Yellowstone Park in the Hayden Valley.  We call it our Buffalo Ride

South West Corner of Yellowstone Park.  Bechler Meadows and Union Falls

In the North East Corner of the Park, ride up Slough Creek.  In the South East Corner Ride into Hawks Rest, Start at Turpin Meadows

In Teton national park at Jackson Hole we ride the Two Oceans trail to Grand View

South of Jackson, Lots of trails in the Hoback/Bondurant area

Wind River Wilderness has multiple Trail heads near Pinedale. This is in from Big Sandy.

Popa Agie Wilderness has lots of trails off the Scenic Byway between Lander and South Pass City

North Slope of the Uinta Wilderness is on the Utah/Wyoming border, Access is from Hiways in Wyoming.

Lots of trails into some great country.  This is Red Castle, Trails starts at China Meadows South of Robertson WY

Painted Horse,

Did you take your own horses, or do one of those guided rides?  If they are your own, I didn't know you could take your own into the park.. I guess you'd have to sign a waiver?  I'd LOVE to do that!! We went to Yellowstone in '07, but didn't get to ride.. The forest fire changed our plans a bit.. We couldn't get in the park the next day...

Also, HOW do you get your pictures to post here?  I've tried and can't figure it out..

Leslie

I ride my own horses. Never rode one of the guided horse rides. I liker a little spunkier horse than they offer.

The National Parks will let you in.  But they have rules.  Yellowstone being the most stringent.

Current health certificate, Coggins and Brand Inspection. And they come out and look in at the horses.

Trailer must be swept out. Nothing on the floor.  No old manure, no sawdust, no straw.

No feed in the mangers and they usually ask you close the windows to prevent any seeds from blowing out.

Bryce Canyon is about the same.  Teton and others parks are less stringent.  Certified hay and heath certificates.

You need to put your photos on a host that will be on line 24x7.  I use Photobucket, or Villagephotos. But there are lots of other sites.

Once the photos are hosted,  click the little green picture frame,  (4th from right on the tool bar when you are entering a post)

In the pop up put the url address of your photo.  I usually go to my host ( Photobucket) and copy the url into my clipboard and the return to my post here and paste the contents into the url address.  ( you will usually have to erase what ever is already in the box.)

Thats it.  really easy.

This is in Bryce Canyon

This is in Zions National Park

I've seen lots of bear tracks while riding in the park and once we came over a rise and their was a Sow Grizzly and her cubs about a 100 yards away. They didn't see us for a couple of minutes, so we got to watch them.  When they winded us, they gone in a flash. I've also encountered Grizzlies in Alaska while fishing and hunting. We actually even had one chase us down and take the fish we had caught, ( which we gladly gave him). They are absolutely dangerous, but as long as you don't give them a reason to attack, they usually prefer to stay away from humans.

I've run into so many predator animals in my life time, that maybe I'm just a casual about the threat. Take normal precautions, be careful and go enjoy. I had a cow moose run me up a tree once and I had to wait 20 minutes for her to leave.

that is a cougar.