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pack train

n.
A line of animals, such as horses or mules, loaded with supplies for an expedition.
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Photos show mules breaking a trail through deep snow in 1920, a well-dressed lady on the trail in the early 1900s, a Sierra Club pack train in 1940, John Muir in Sequoia National Park in 1902, and mules loaded with boats for campers going to backcountry lakes.
Frontier Pack Train. Yosemite and the Ansel Adams Wilderness.
Red's Meadow/Agnew Meadows Pack Train. John Muir and Ansel Adams wilderness areas, photography trips, fly-fishing, horse drives, parent-and-child trips.
Almost 7,000 City fans will pack trains and coaches and travel to the ground in the hope of seeing City recreate their famous win over the Gunners 78 years ago, when they beat the Londoners to take the FA Cup.
Clark was known for his ability to "build forts, draw maps, lead pack trains through enemy territory and fight Indians on their own ground." Lewis exhibited a cool ability to command during times of crisis along with a flair for natural history.
New figures show that over a quarter of Wicklow's population are stressed out by commuters who congest the roads and pack trains for hours every day.
Pack trains latticed the country from the saguaro cactus flats of Arizona's Superstition Wilderness to the lush coves of North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains.
Pine Creek Pack Trains: John Muir,Sequoia/Kings Canyon, Inyo and Sierra N.F.
Onion Valley Pack Trains: Sequoia/Kings Canyon, Inyo N.F.
Whitney Pack Trains: GoldenTrout, Sequoia/Kings Canyon.