Lindsay Howard

Review of Swan Mountain Outfitters

My fiance and I enjoyed our ride with Swan Mountai...

My fiance and I enjoyed our ride with Swan Mountain Outfitters, it was a ride scheduled for my birthday in May, which we had to reschedule to September for obvious reasons. The woman who my fiance spoke with about cancelling and subsequently re-booking was very accommodating and easy to work with, which we do appreciate.

I am rating the tour operator five stars, all of the women working at the corral were personable and knowledgeable about horses, I felt very confident riding with them, even with very minimal riding experience. That being said, I am not entirely sure I would book this tour again, more on that later.



Now the bad through absolutely no fault of the tour operator, my ride was drastically impacted by dust. Yes, dust. As the last rider I had to inhale dust from the fourteen horses in front of me for two hours. At times I got a break when the wind pushed it off to the side, but for the better part of my ride dust was a big issue. Though not required when on the horse, I actually put my mask back on to try to help with this. I also closed my eyes during the worst parts. For 24-48 hours afterwards, each time I went to blow my nose it was black, before fading to gray, then back to normal about two days later. This is a fact of life, and no one could have done anything to prevent this, I understand that. My advice to you, the reader? Book the tour but upon check-in, request a space at the front of the line-up. I really do think you will enjoy it, I know I would have enjoyed it more under different circumstances.