Horseback is a great way to experience the wild, wonderful outdoors, and there are a couple of good stables to call for the ride of your life.

A & J Riding Stables
Horseshoe Rd
PO Box 300
Hico, WV 25854
Phone: (304) 658-5464 or (304) 574-0615
A & J Stables offers anything from a one-hour ride to overnighters with dinner and breakfast. Call Richard Pennington for more information and pricing.

New River Riding Stables, Inc.
Located between Oak Hill and Fayetteville off Salem-Gatewood Rd.
Phone: (304) 465-4819 or 1-888-743-3982
New River Riding Stables offers daily and hourly rides in the New River Gorge.  Scenic overlooks, waterfalls, and rides to the river in addition to rafting/riding overnight packages.
E-mail: Saddleup@horsewv.com

And now for something completely different!

New River Llama Treks
New River Gorge
Fayetteville, WV
PO Box 697
Edmond, WV 25837
Phone: (304) 574-2524
E-mail: mail@newriverllama.com
Web Site: http://newriverllama.com
Advance reservations required!
New River Llama Trekking Co. offers six-hour, “Guided Llama Lunch Hikes,” (you don’t ride the llamas!) along the New River Canyon rim and “Guided Overnight Llama Treks”  lasting three days and two nights in the Cranberry back country of the Monongahela National Forest. Trips include meals and the llamas of course!  Follow the link to their site for more information.

Go ahead! Get out of that rut and do something completely different! Contact Carnifex Ferry Cottages or Driftwood Lodge today to make arrangements for the time of your life.