Black Mountain – Horse Riding

My boyfriend and I went on a lovely horse ride today. The two staff members we encountered were very friendly and the horses seemed happy and healthy. We will surely be back, thank you!

What a wonderful, hidden gem. Took my 4 year old daughter for a pony ride here yesterday and it was the most wonderful experience for the entire family. We got to watch the pony get saddled up & ready for her ride. She got to ride «Tinkerbell» out of the stable and around the parking lot. What I’m having trouble conveying in words is how kind, patient, and caring Black Mountain was with my daughter. It was an incredible experience that we’re all still talking about, something I never thought I would say about a pony ride. This is truly a special place with special people and horses.

I was so excited about this. It was my first time going horse back riding.
When I called they gave me the hours they were open. We stopped by the next morning to schedule our ride for later in the day — no one was at the office. We came back a little later in the morning to be greeted by a rude woman that seemed like she just really didn’t want to deal with us.
We scheduled our ride for 2 hours later and asked her if she could recommend a good place close by and her response was there are things just down the street in downtown.
When we got back the horses weren’t ready for us yet and they didn’t acknowledge us. This was my first time riding and they didn’t tell me anything at first. They just had me get on and wait. I was nervous just about getting on.
The trail is really boring with not much to see. You go up the mountain and then back down … it was pretty rough on the way up and down on the trails so you couldn’t even enjoy it. And going up the mountain that was steep at times for a first time person they didn’t really give me much instruction. It came to a point where she had to tie my horse to hers and made it well known she wasn’t happy about this.
This should’ve been a great experience seeing as it was just my fiancé and me but it was terrible. For $ 100 for the two of us I expected more.