Chief Joseph Trail Ride

Looking for the adventure of a lifetime?

Sign up for the historic Chief Joseph 5-day Trail Ride, scheduled for July 29th – August 4th, in Yellowstone National Park.

This is an endurance ride, averaging 20 miles per day. You’ll ride 100 miles, in 5 days, along the Nez Perce Trail of Tears.

It takes 13 years to complete the Chief Joseph Benefit Trail Ride – 100 miles each year for a total of 1,300 miles. Visit the Appaloosa Horse Club website to sign up, or learn more about this historic ride.

The truly stunning aspect of this ride is that the ONLY horses allowed on this special benefit trail ride are registered American Appaloosas. Imagine, witnessing 200 spotted horses trekking the back country of Yellowstone National Park.

* We rent Appaloosas to experienced riders. So, we can help you make this dream come true.

Brief History Lesson:
The Chief Joseph Trail Ride is so-named to honor the leader of the Nez Perce. As with most stories of Native American history, there is nothing pretty about this one. When the U.S. government tried to re-locate them – they chose, instead, to seek asylum in Canada. Traveling 1,300 miles over mountain terrain, with the U.S. Calvary in hot pursuit. They credited the athletic ability of their Appaloosa horses (a breed developed by the Nez Perce Indians in the 18th century,) for continually out-maneuvering the military.

We don’t want to dwell on all the negative aspects of this because it was a long time ago and people back then were too uneducated to know any better. ‘Nuff said.

We’d much rather glorify these stunning spotted horses. In 2012, this rides explores the stunning back country of Yellowstone National Park. Call us for more information.

* It takes 13 years to complete the Chief Joseph Benefit trail ride – 100 miles each year for a total of 1300 miles. The route follows the Nez Perce flight from the US Calvary in the late 1800’s. It originates in Joseph, Oregon and ends in Bear Paw Meadow, Montana, just 40 miles shy of the Canadian border. Where we’re sorry to say, Chief Joseph was forced to surrender.

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