Greg Schatz, an experienced packer and horseman, gives Bigfork resident Mark Mercel some pointers on packing at last Saturday’s Back Country Horsemen of the Flathead’s clinic on safety and horse and ...

Colyne Hislop, a wilderness packer with the U.S. Forest Service’s Spotted Bear Ranger District, spoke about the virtues of using electric fences to corral horses and mules in the backcountry. (Scott ...

A fully loaded mule train is a rare sight in most parts of the country, but traditional livestock packing is still thriving in Glacier National Park. Swinging a leg over his saddle, Dave Elwood ...

L O S  A N G E L E S, March 3 -- For more than 60 years, pack mules havetrudged through a lush canyon in the Angeles National Forest,carrying supplies to remote cabin residents and hauling trash ...