ROCK CREEK PACK STATION Craig London
P.O.Box 248
Bishop, CA 93515
(760) 872-8331
2012 HIKING WITH PACK STOCK
ALL INCLUSIVE SERVICE
Services provided by Mt. Whitney Pack Train
Mountain travel for the hiker who wants to enjoy the wilderness for longer than his or her back can carry
the needed supplies! We prepare your food and packers break camp and move the gear to a pre-arranged spot
each day. Guests may bring 40 lbs of personal gear (includes sleeping bag) and we provide the tents,
toilet, camp chairs, tables, meals and staff for your travel in the wilderness. Join other hikers on
open hiking trips or form your own group for an all-inclusive private custom trip. We provide sample
menus and itineraries for your approval.
We can help you create a personal route, menu and ideal wilderness adventure. Call us to discuss your schedule and preferred itinerary.
Scheduled pack trips:
Northern Yosemite Trek - Hiking with Pack Stock
8 days
July 30 - August 6, 2012
$1495
Guests meet in Breakfast in front of the Hay Street Café. We recommend that guests stay at the Walker River Lodge (760-932-7021) which is across the street. The Rock Creek staff will meet guests and collect duffel. After breakfast, we’ll park the cars on a street in Bridgeport and transport guests to Tuolumne Meadows to begin the hike.
We hike north on the Pacific Crest Trail from the largest meadows in Yosemite. On the 8th day we exit Yosemite National Park and wind our way down to Twin Lakes. The full trip description can be seen here.
Golden Trout Area Hiking With Pack Stock
Sierra Club
July 9-19, 2012
Trip Number: 12260A
Price: $2,395
Participants hike approximately 52 miles on seven moving days, plus two layover days.
You will cross two mountain passes on seven moving days, and spend a
day and a half in camp near the trailhead before starting on the trail portion of the trip to acclimate to the high elevation.
To register or for more information, go to the Sierra Club Web Site.
John Muir Trail from Onion Valley, Hiking With Pack Stock
Sierra Club Trip
Trip Number: 12261A
August 6-17, 2012
Price: $2,695
From Onion Valley on the east side of the Sierra you will climb over Kearsarge Pass to join the Muir Trail just east of Charlotte Lake.
Travelling the Muir Trail north until exiting via Taboose Pass and down to the Owens Valley.
Four layover days encourage exploration of streams, lakes, meadows and peaks.
Near-perfect weather is most likely at this time of year (but no guarantees). A
layover day in camp at the trailhead before we start will help to ensure that
you are acclimated to the high altitude. See the Sierra Club Link
for more details
The John Muir Trail with Pack Stock
Sierra Mountain Center
Cottonwood to Onion Valley
August 18-27
$2500
The John Muir Trail is one of the most beautiful hikes in the world. Starting
at Mt Whitney, it runs over two hundred miles to Yosemite Valley.
This hike is offered as a "four year plan" by the Sierra Mountain Center. The first
section in the series travels 50 miles, from Cottonwood to Onion Valley.
The next three segments are offered over the next three years (2013, 2014 and 2014).
Please see the Sierra Mountain Center website for more information and dates of the next segments.
Pricing for all-inclusive private custom trip is shown in the table below.
Please note, the following fees are per person: $15.00 monitoring fee, $5 wilderness permit reservation fee, 3% outfitters fee, and 8% regulatory fee. |
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| 5 to 7 persons | $220 |
| 7 to 12 persons | $200 |
If you would like to include some riders in your group, or you would like to hire stock and a packer, but provide your own food and cook for yourself, please review these options:
All-EXPENSE PACK TRIP and
CONTINUOUS HIRE OF STOCK & PACKER.
Here's what one of our repeat-guests has to say about her travels with Rock Creek Pack Station: "As a former backpacker, it embarrassed me at first to have to rely on pack animals to carry my gear, but my joints wouldn't allow me the pride of independence. What I found, though, is the crews have a love for the mountain that equals my own and they take much better care of the environment than any backpacker I've hiked with. All trash packed out, deep pits are dug for the latrines, the ashes from fire are buried, and the pine needles are scattered so there is no evidence we were there. They truly left only footprints behind." --G. H., CALIFORNIA, 2005
Here is a description of hiking with pack stock from a frequent guest:
The smell of fresh coffee on a wood fired stove; the muffled sound of mules munching their morning grain;
quiet words of reassurance as the packers groom and tack the stock in preparation for the day's move.
That is the alarm clock that awakens you to a new morning of hiking with pack stock.
You pack up your duffle and take down your tent between sips of fresh hot coffee (or tea/cocoa)...more
You can email us, also.
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.