The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen (4CBCH) is located in Southwest Colorado, a glorious place to ride with about 2 million acres of public lands including the San Juan National Forest and the Weminuche Wilderness. Our local members come from Durango, Bayfield and Pagosa Springs.
Our chapter is part of the Back Country Horsemen of Colorado and the Back Country Horsemen of America. Our mission is to preserve our historical right to use horses and mules in the backcountry; we work on regular and special trail projects, educate our members on relevant horsemanship and land stewardship matters (including Leave No Trace© principles), and address concerns about agency management of public lands. Oh—and did we mention, we have fun? We do—our social calendar is full, and we enjoy building friendships with like-minded horsemen on informal rides.
The 4CBCH maintains sections of trail in the San Juan National Forest in conjunction with the US Forest Service and we also do several clean-up projects each year. We are working to rebuild some of the heavily accessed trailheads that are enjoyed by hikers, bikers, off-road enthusiasts and of course equestrians. We partner with other users such as Trails 2000 and the Colorado Trail Foundation. We also count wild horses on behalf of the BLM.
Our chapter includes Western and English riders, owners of horses, mules, and ponies, and some folks who want to be involved even though they do not own riding stock. Many of our members pursue more than one way of enjoying their horses—not only on the trails.
So—if you believe in the horseman’s continued access to public lands, please join us in our pursuit to keep the trails open and in top shape, and have a great time, too!
We'd love to have you join us!
It's a new year and the club is gearing up for the summer. Join us for the Membership meeting at the Pine River Senior Center in Bayfield
on Thursday, Feb. 9th at 7:00. the program is '2011 in Pictures (Revisited)' with Elizabeth Testa.
Open the January Highline to catch up on what's happening.
Check out the Calendar for dates of upcoming meetings and happenings.
The 30th Anniversary of the Four States Agricultural Exposition will be held at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds on March 15-18. For more information and their website address click here to view their flyer.
Tack Sale
Be sure to come to the April meeting for information and training for the Tack sale.
Friday, April 13 for consignor check in and vendor set up: 11:00
am - 7:00 pm
Saturday April 14, 7:00 - 8:00 am
Saturday April 14, sale time 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Download Consignment Form
4CBCH has adopted the Farmer Cabin at Cascade Creek. For details of this project click here.
Volunteer Hours Guidelines for BCH - This information allows us to keep track of volunteer work and forward the information to the property agency. Without propert documentation under Project Information we have no way to show where or how the work was done.
Download the Volunteer Hours Report
to document your information.
Report trail closures and
damage to Don at: dkelly@fs.fed.us, or 970-884-1419
Recreation Facilities Analysis Proposed Plan of Work for the San Juan National Forest:
The San Juan National Forest Recreation Facility Analysis describes the vision for the overall recreation program and outlines proposals specific to individual developed recreation sites.
For updated information go to: www.fs.fed.us/r2/sanjuan/recreation/facility.shtml
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