Drag the Wolf Tail

Named after an Apache WarParty code, this ride is a horseback educational outdoor survival skills journey for the serious minded adventurer.

Travel horseback through this rugged country equipped with only:

• Essential supplies
• Minimal livestock
• Minimal equipment
• Limited food
• Utilizing outdoor survival skills
• Learn the secrets of surviving in the desert mountains of Southwest New Mexico’s Gila Region.
• Test yourself mentally and physically in this back country adventure.

The region and homeland of the Apache, who when pursued, would simply dissolve into its landscape, taking routes to pass through these mountains… Trails and routes that we’ll retrace during your trip.

Discuss survival topics, foraging techniques, plant identification, small animal hunting techniques, survival camping skills, the ecology, botany, wildlife and geology of this vast and wild area. Discuss Southwest Native American History, the basics of self sufficiency and survival philosophies of those ancient cultures.

Discover the raw beauty of Gila’s sunrise, sunsets and the endless miles of challenging trails, varied terrain and Gila’s changing weather.

Participants must be in relative good health. Trips consist of daily intensive riding, and routes are always in a loop. This ride emphasizes survival techniques and philosophies, minimal equipment & minimal impact, for functioning effectively in the Wilderness.

WolfHorse Outfitters is APPROVED and PERMITTED to guide visitors in the Gila National Forest.

Please do not hesitate to CONTACT me if you’d like to Drag the Wolf Tail!