Rock Creek Pack Station, operating as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains, offers fully outfitted pack trips for hikers and riders who want to travel into the remote Golden Trout and Sequoia National Park Wildernesses. We originate trips primarily from Horseshoe Meadows but serve guests from the Sage Flat, Sawmill, Taboose and Shepherd trail heads.

The Mt. Whitney Pack Trains portion of the Rock Creek Pack Station operates under permit by the Inyo National Forest and Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park.

Trips departing from Horseshoe Meadows, originate at portable corrals next to Cottonwood Pack Station. We park cars at the Cottonwood Pack Station parking lot. We ask that our guests utilize the public restrooms at the adjoining Equestrian campground area. Those wanting to spend the night prior to their trip at Horseshoe Meadows need to stay at the Forest Service campgrounds.

All cars need to be free of food items or scented products that could attract bears. Please give your packer those items to be stored in our bear proof containers while you are on a pack trip.

There are no phones at Horseshoe Meadows. Cell service is available on the road overlooking the Owens Valley just before you enter the Cottonwood/Horseshoe Meadow area.

To contact Rock Creek Pack Station, even for Horseshoe Meadow information, please call 760-935-4493.

For some beautiful photography of the Mt. Whitney area, look at Greg Cope's Nature Focused Photography .

ALL EXPENSE PACK TRIPS***(Click here for description)
Per each per day, 3 guests	Per each per day, 4 guests	Per each per day, 5 to 10 guests
$385	$290	$230

*** trucking fee not included

Rock Creek Pack Station offers riding and hiking trips that allow guests the opportunity to climb Mt. Whitney from the west side. Please open the links below for trips and options.
Hiking with Pack Stock Chagoopa Plateau/Wallace Lake Ride Golden Trout Trail Ride Kern Peak Trail Ride Kern River Trail Ride Horsepacking in the Wilderness - UCD Professional Packing School Some maps of the areas served: Lone Pine to Horseshoe Meadows Sage Flat Area Taboose to Shepherd's Pass Sequoia National Park Kern Peak Area

SPOT TRIPS round-trip rates (click here for description)**
Destination	Per each, 2 guests	Per each, 3 guests	Per each, 4 or more guests
Tyndal Creek, Upper Kern, Bench Lake, Woods Creek	$1985	$1800	$1700

*handling fee includes trucking of livestock to road head and packer's fee.

**spot fee includes trucking of livestock to road head. Weather is generally ideal through Oct. 15.

SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, DUNNAGE PACKS AND CACHES (one way charge)
Destination	Handling Fee*	Each Animal
Anvil Camp	$500	$240
Top of Taboose & Sawmill Passes	$750	$300
Woods Basin, Bench Lake, Upper Kern, Crabtree	$1200	$500

Dennis Winchester, Cottonwood Pack Trains, at Horseshoe Meadows provides the dunnage, spot trip & continuous hire trips to the Cottonwood Lakes, Crabtree Lakes, Rock Creek and the Golden Trout Wilderness. He provides some full service trips. His phone number is 760- 878-2015 .

RESERVATION POLICY FOR ALL TRIPS

• Complete application form and send a 20% non-refundable deposit to hold reservations.

• Full payment due thirty days prior to starting date and is non-refundable.

• Cancellation and refund policy:
  deposit and final payments within 30 days of starting date are non-refundable. Refund of payment(except deposit)is non-refundable. Refund of payment(except deposit) will be returned only if you fill spot on trip.
  No transfer of deposit or trip fee to following year for cancellations. We advise guests to purchase cancellation and trip travel insurance if you don't want to assume risk of losing payment due to illness or family emergency.

• All rates subject to a 2% outfitter-guide fee and an 8% fee to cover regulatory changes.

• Riders over 200 pounds or who are very heavy for their height need to be approved by the pack station before they may sign up for a trip.

• Riders cannot weigh over 240 pounds.

• The pack station needs to approve all people who have physical characteristics and disabilities that may pose a safety risk for the participant.

• Cancellation and Refund policy: deposit is non-refundable. Refund of payment (except deposit) will be returned only if you fill spot on trip.

• Advise if you need other arrangements.

• Itineraries subject to change due to unforeseen trail or weather conditions or packees discretion.

• No stock left overnight without a packer.

• No riding double.

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Rock Creek Pack Station provides all of its trips as a permitee of the Inyo National Forest. All Trail Rides and Packing Schools are subject to an 8% regulatory reservation fee, plus 3% USFS fee.

NOTICE: In accordance with federal law and U.S. Dept of Agriculture policy, this insitution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs)

To file a complaint of discrimination: write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington D.C. 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964.

USDA is an equal opportunity employer.