THE BACKCOUNTRY TRAIL RIDER RESOURCE PAGE Here are just a few of the thousands of links available for the horse camping enthusiast available on the Web (4/01). I hope you find them useful. Send me links that you find that might be useful for ultra-lightweight horse campers and backcountry riders. You can contact me at <housetop_AT_bendcable.com>. Camp Cooking BACKCOUNTRY RECIPES http://home.bendcable.com/housetop/camprecipies.html GORP - COOKING ON STOVES http://www.gorp.com/gorp/publishers/countryman/stoves.htm GORP - BACKCOUNTRY FOOD http://www.gorp.com/gorp/food/main.htm   Gear & Shopping GORP - HIKING GEAR / HOW-TO http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/hiking/hikhow_g.htm GORP - TENTS HOW TO PICK, CARE FOR AND USE THEM http://www.gorp.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/gea_tent.htm GPS - AN INTRODUCTION http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/hiking/skills/navigation/lat_lon.htm ENDURANCENET LIST OF VENDORS http://www.endurance.net/Vendors/   Government Agencies NATIONAL FORESTS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/r6nf.htm DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST HOME PAGE http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/deschutes/   Health & Safety SURVIVAL SMARTS http://home.bendcable.com/housetop/survival.html OUTDOOR SAFETY & SURVIVAL http://www.whmentors.org/saf/safety.html GORP - LEARNING TO LAYER - ENJOYING WINTER WEATHER FROM THE INSIDE OUT http://www.gorp.com/gorp/gear/features/layering.htm BCH - VETERINARY MEDICINE FOR BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN http://www.bchc.com/ARCHIVES/BCHEA7.htm LLAMA / HORSE ENCOUNTERS http://www.kalama.com/~llamapacker/ahors.html BLACK BEAR ENCOUNTERS http://www.city.thompson.mb.ca/info/city_bears.htm HORSE TRAILER FAQ http://www.prairienet.org/jjahiel/resources/scheve.htm   Low-Impact / Backcountry Ethics HORSE SENSE PACKING LIGHTLY ON YOUR NATIONAL FORESTS & LOW IMPACT HORSE CAMPING TECHNIQUES http://home.bendcable.com/housetop/horsesence/horsesense.html BCH - BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN GUIDEBOOK http://www.bchc.com/ARCHIVES/BCHEA6.htm SOFT PATHS - CHAPTER 12 - HORSEPACKING http://www.nols.edu/Publications/SoftPaths/Horsepacking.html SOFT PATHS - CHAPTER TWO: BACKCOUNTRY TRAVEL http://www.nols.edu/Publications/SoftPaths/BackCountryTravel.html SUGGESTED CRITERIA FOR LLAMAS & OTHER STOCK IN THE WILDERNESS http://www.kalama.com/~llamapacker/stock.html TRAIL ETIQUETTE TIPS http://www.eti.av.org/trailetiquette.html  Maps TOPOZONE http://www.topozone.com/ On the Trail PHASES OF THE MOON 1990-2005 http://riemann.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/MoonPhase.html SONGS FOR THE HARMONICA http://www.volcano.net/~jackmearl/   Organizations OREGON EQUESTRIAN TRAILS http://www.oregonequestriantrails.org BACKCOUNTRY HORSEMEN OF OREGON http://www.hdtrbch.org/bcho.htm BACKCOUNTRY HORSEMEN OF CALIFORNIA http://www.bchc.com/ BACKCOUNTRY HORSEMEN OF WASHINGTON http://bchw.org/ PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION http://www.pcta.org/ WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOC. http://www.halcyon.com:80/wta/   Trails & Campgrounds TRAILS AND HORSE CAMPS IN OREGON http://home.bendcable.com/housetop/campsandtrails/horsecampsintro.html SISTERS, OREGON HORSE CAMPS http://www.informat.com/places/sisters/sis_horse_camps.html SANDY'S JOURNAL 1985 PACIFIC CREST TRAIL RIDE http://members.tripod.com/~SWadeHorse/index.html HORSE AND MULE TRAILS ORGANIZED BY STATE TRAILS, CAMPGROUNDS, TRAIL RIDES, OVERNIGHT HOSTS http://www.horseandmuletrails.com/ GORP - WENATCHEE HORSE CAMPS http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_forest/wa/hor_wen.htm GORP - ROGUE RIVER TRAILS http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_forest/or_rogue.htm   Wilderness GORP - OREGON WILDERNESS AREAS http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/OR.HTM WILDERNESS.NET - THE WILDERNESS INFORMATION NETWORK http://www.wilderness.net/