Alaska Horsemen Trail Adventures-Cooper Landing, Alaska-Wilderness pack Trips

PACK TRIPS:

Alaska Horsemen offers weekly pack trips on Tuesdays in July and August. July best for three day two night trips, August for four day, three night and more extreme riding trips. All trips are guided and outfitted with private tents for guests and home cooking campfire style. Our camp sites are selected with minimum impact to the land in mind as well as good grass for the horses and magnificent views for our campers. We like groups of six or less and private-custom trips welcome. Guests should be physically fit to be prepared for rugged-off trail riding at times. Hunting is by camera only-catch and release.

All days offer a full day of horseback riding. Mornings start with a hardy leisure breakfast with cowboy (kona) coffee. Help us gather and saddle horses or spend some time behind the spotting scope searching for wildlife on the mountain sides. Plan on a fun day of riding with the best scenery and wildlife viewing in mind along with thrilling off trail riding meant for our seasoned Alaskan mountain horses. And the wildflowers, wow!

Back at camp, relaxing in a lawn chair and worn out after an unbelievable day of mountain riding, plan on a big campfire and a hardy meal. A full evening of watching for wildlife and the sunset on the mountains (if you are up that late). You watch the horses on good grass, your private tent in the distance and listen for the sounds and the quiet of the wilderness.

Most trips are hosted and guided by Alex Kime. Resurrection Trail , a historical trail from Cooper Landing to Hope, is used to access remote mountain valleys that were used by trappers, hunters and gold miners in the pioneer days. Their old trails are utilized as well as campsites. Our camp sites vary often as to allow minimum impact to areas. Wildlife viewing can be excellent or not so hot. We do our best to help you spot wildlife among which you may see wolves, caribou, moose, brown bear, black bear, sheep, goat, coyote, wolverine, and bird viewing for eagles, hawks, owls, spruce hen and our state bird the ptarmigan.

Custom-Extreme-Photography Seven Day PackTrip available in September in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for guided and outfitted photography trips for caribou and moose in mating season. This is in some of the most magnificent wilderness county in the world.

PACK TRIP GENERAL INFORMATION: All persons taking pack trips should arrive at our lodge on the day before their trip. This allows us time to do necessary organizing and pre-packing to ensure early starts. (max equipment weight: 75 lbs. per person; max human weight: 275 lbs with height and weight proportionate. Minimum age for pack trips should be 12 years old. Exceptions may be made.) A detailed equipment list will be sent upon booking a trip. Minimum group size is two persons.

50% deposit required for confirming reservations. Credit Cards accepted. 30-day cancellation required.

More trips will be offered soon.

The two pack trips that I have taken with Alaska Horsemen Trail Adventures have been outstanding. While the ability to reach wilderness areas inaccessible by any other means was something special, the manner in which the trips were conducted made them even more memorable. I expected to see many types of wildlife, and pristine wilderness areas, but everything exceeded my expectations. Looking out from atop a horse gives you a much perspective, and while the horses focus on the trail, the riders can look for bear, caribou, moose, wolves, fox, wolverines, and an incredible number of birds. One of the reasons that I went on the second trip was to assure myself that the first trip was real.
Alaska Horsemen was able to provide a sense of adventure to the excursions. All of the horses were well mannered, and well taken care of, and were very dependable even in difficult terrain. The atmosphere that was created was part Old West, and part Alaskan Adventure. There was enough gear and equipment to make the trip comfortable, but in an unpampered style. The trip was physically demanding enough to make sitting around the campfire at night a real reward for the day's ride.
I can't wait for the next trip. - Allan Beiswenger, Anchorage, Alaska