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Pryor Mountain Horses – 2nd Batch

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Finally getting around to processing and posting this second batch of images from my Pryor Mountain trip.  I have never taken so many photographs, but I’m glad I did.  It just takes so long to sort through many thousands images.

I know there are too many photographs, but I use this site to document the horses I photograph, so I apologize in advance for all of the pictures. As you can see, the Pryor Wild horses live in a magnificent area. The surrounding terrain is nothing short of breath-taking. Enjoy!

Pryor Mountain Mustangs July Visit

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If you have watched the documentary “Cloud – Wild Stallion of the Rockies” on PBS/Nature (by Ginger Kathrens), this is her herd.  Cloud’s offspring and siblings are in this herd today.  The horses are also the reason Ginger started “The Cloud Foundation“, one of the most important and successful wild horse advocacy groups ever.

It took two attempts but I eventually made it back up to photograph the Pryor Mustangs. What an experience! The wildflowers were ridiculously beautiful. The weather was great. It was around 68 degrees in the day and cooler at night. These wild horses are indeed beautiful and easy to fall in love with! If you decide to go, be sure to check in with The Pryor Mountain Mustang Center in Lovell, WY. These folks are great. They will tell you exactly where the horses are and the best way to get there! PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT THE ROADS WITHOUR REALLY GOOD TIRES! The roads are absolutely brutal. The Pryor Mountain Mustang Center does tours for a fee and it will sure save you a lot of grief unless your vehicle is up to the task of getting to the top of the mountain.

I have never taken so many photographs in a trip, and these are the result of going through less than half of my photographs.  The horses are magnificent and in great health.  As you can see, there is a bit of snow left, and the horses enjoy standing in the snow to cool off and perhaps get some relief from the bugs.  I hope to get up to visit this herd once more before winter.

It has been a couple of weeks since I was there and I hope to finish processing my photographs later this week, then I will post the balance of my images…

Pryor Mountain Wild Horses – May

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I have wanted to photograph the Pryor Mountain Wild Horses for a long time. The lead stallion was called “Cloud” and Ginger Kathrens, (founder of The Cloud Foundation) has produced many movies and written several books on these horses and Cloud in particular. Cloud has since passed, but these horses are magnificent and live in a spectacular area in Montana. In the winter they live in the red-rock lower areas. In the spring, they migrate to the beautiful wild-flower covered meadows surrounded by pine trees.

I was probably 3-4 weeks too early. The very rough 4-wheel drive road (Burnt Timber Road) was very rugged. I nearly made it to the upper meadows but unfortunately snow made the road impassable on this day. I don’t believe the horses had migrated up this far either, but I could be wrong. The horses I did find were in good shape if not a bit skinny. They are smaller than the Onaqui mustangs.

Anyway, I was able to find and photograph over 20 horses in very different conditions than the Onaqui. I hope to return soon to get to the upper meadows and continue my interaction with these beautiful wild horses. I even found a few bighorn sheep as an added bonus!