PARENT/CHILD TRAIL RIDE
John Muir Wilderness
3 DAYS
SIX TRIPS SCHEDULED FOR 2008
June 20-22, 2008
June 27-29
July 4-6
August 15-17
August 22-24
August 30-Sept 1
Start and End at Rock Creek
$450
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all-expense trips.
Rock Creek Pack Station invites you and your child to join them for three days of riding,
fishing and camping. Learn how to care for your horse and enjoy comfortable camping.
A wonderful experience for families who enjoy meeting others with similar interests.
An outstanding trip for a parent with a child, a grandmother and grandson, or aunt and nephew.
Call or email us to schedule a trip for your family.
Day 1: Riders head north from the pack station (10,000ft)on the trail that switchbacks
above Rock Creek Lake. It’s mostly a level climb through lodgepole pine and fields of lupin
and Indian paintbrush. We ride overlooking one of the most magnificent juniper groves in the west.
After an hour and a half we have reached the top of the Hilton Creek/Rock Creek divide (10,600ft)
overlooking the two lower Hilton Lakes. The descent down takes 30 minutes before we reach Lake #2
(9,900ft)
You’re deep in the heart of the backcountry…the ten Hilton Lakes and the immediate area are
a photographer’s paradise. We will be at our lakeside camp on Davis Lake by lunch.
The afternoon is free to fish, rest or explore the Davis Lake area. Favorite activities
include hiking to the water falls on the west-side peninsula or heading to sand covered beaches
for a swim. The hike up the stream to Lake #2 is good for fishing or exploring. Fishing is excellent
for brown, rainbow and brook trout.
Day 2: Layover…a day to explore the upper lakes basin. Mid-morning, the group heads up
to Lake # 3. This fifty- minute ride brings us to a sub-alpine lake overlooking the entire Hilton
canyon. Excellent fishing for rainbow. Often, we tie the horses up and hike up to the Lake #5,
a 30 minute hike. Another hour allows you to visit Lakes #6-#9. Playing in the snowbanks is fun
for those that enjoy snow in the heat of summer.
After lunch, ride on over to Lake #4 and enjoy the beauty of the meadows and streams near the
old Indian camp. Riders generally make it back to camp by 4 pm for a shower or nap in the afternoon sun.
Day 3: In the morning, take an hour to hour and a half ride down Hilton Creek to Turk Meadow.
This ride through large aspens, limber pine and Mountain Mahogeny brings us to one of the largest meadows
on the eastside. The broad canyon is bordered by the red colored 13,000 ft Mt. Morgan contrasting
with the snow covered Mt. Huntington to the south. We head back to camp around noon to meet up with
those that didn’t take the morning ride. The group rides out to arrive at the pack station by 4 PM.
Fishing is excellent in the Hilton Lakes area. Davis Lake, (Hilton Lake #1) is very large with alternating
meadows and lodge pole pine forests surrounding the lake. Lots of nice campsites and fires are allowed.
There are nice browns and rainbows in the lake.
The stream between Davis and Lake #2 is generally good in the early part of the summer for the rainbows.
Hilton Creek about a 30-minute walk down canyon from Davis Lake is one of my favorite creeks in the
mountains. All browns and it is generally quite productive.
In early July, Lake #3 has good fishing for the rainbows. Fish can range from 10-15”. For lots of
brookies, Lake #4 and the stream coming out of it are fun to fish. Lakes #5, #6 and #7 are accessible
from a short walk above Lake #3.
PLEASE NOTE:
The camp for this ride may be moved to the East Fork of Rock Creek near Dorothy Lake.
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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 2% USFS fee.
NOTICE: Persons of any race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion or with any handicapping condition are welcome to use and enjoy all facilities, programs and services of USDA (Forest Service).
Discrimination in any form is strictly against agency policy and should be reported to Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20520
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