Multi-day event. You're welcome to come out for the day or camp through it all. Campout with horses
DATES/START TIME:
We arrive Thursday morning, April 16 and leave Sunday, April 19 in the afternoon.
There may be an afternoon Thursday ride.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at rides start at 9:30.
Full day rides.
Non-riding camp hosts are welcome.
LOCATION:
BLM Escure Ranch (Rock Creek Recreation Area)
PERSON TO CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Ken and Patti Carmichael – 509-710-1162 or
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PERMITS/RESTRICTIONS/CERTIFIED HAY REQUIREMENTS:
No permits, restrictions, or hay requirements
FACILITIES/WATER/FEED:
10 corrals, highlines for 6 horses, CXT outhouse, horse water, no trees so some may tie to trailers or portable fences, level camping area, some tables & campfire pits. Note that there is no human water.
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Rides are over relatively level, open ground, some two track and single-track trails. Probably will not cross water. We will use a large, truck-suitable bridge to cross Rock Creek. Several gates. There may be cattle, with bulls, in the area. Full day rides. Several directions to go out of camp.
GENERAL DIRECTION AND DISTANCE FROM SPOKANE:
Go west on Interstate 90 to Sprague, Exit 245 (1 hour from my house). At Sprague go south on Highway 23 for 12.4 miles. (At about 8 miles you go under a railroad overpass and past the Lamont turn.) (DO NOT TURN). At 12.4 miles past Sprague turn right on Davis Rd. toward Revere. The turn is in a sweeping left turn of the highway at the end of a long straight stretch. You need to be going slow as the slope of the curve is working against you. This is where you leave the pavement and start gravel. Go 7.1 miles to Jordan Knott Rd. and turn left. This turn is just a short distance past the Revere grain elevator on your right. Go 2.2 miles on Jordan Knott Rd to a sign for Rock Creek Management Area on the right. Turn in here for the ranch. Cross a cattle guard. This is a one lane 2.2 mile driveway down into the ranch, very slow with potholes. My records show that the ranch is 66.3 miles from my house and it was a nearly 2 hour drive.
RSVP REQUIREMENTS AND CONTACT INFORMATION: RSVP not necessary, however, if there are changes, we will try to contact those that RSVP.
PARTICIPANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE A “PERSONAL EMERGENCY PLAN” AND LEAVE IT WITH PERSONAL EMERGENCY CONTACT. ALSO, YOU SHOULD HAVE APPROPRIEATE FIRST AIDE, SURVIVAL, NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. NO CELL COVERAGE FROM CAMP BUT CAN GO UP ON THE HILL FOR COVERAGE.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
Liability Releases will be signed at the trailhead
Please practice Leave No Trace.
Participants under 18, and not accompanied by a parent or guardian, must have a “Permission to Treat” Statement
Escure Ranch is a historic 20-square-mile ranch in Eastern Washington, now managed by the BLM, offering hiking, wildlife viewing, and access to Towell Falls.
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