This is an article from 2010, but it is interesting for you endurance riders:
2010 Bald Mountain Butt Buster Competitive Trail Ride
http://www.adn.com/2010/07/20/1374769/wilderness-ride-tests-horses-riders.html
I SO miss riding in the PNW. Sounds like a great ride.
I rode some really tough terrain on my arabs. They developed huge hind ends from the mts.
Loved it.
The landscape here in the southeast are little ants hills. We hope to be moving in 3 years to WY. Can’t wait to see the MTs again.
Got to go to the high country to see the pretty scenery.
