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

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 Mt. Whitney Trail Ride Kern Peak Trail Ride Horsepacking in the Wilderness 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

SPOT TRIPS round-trip rates (click here for description)**
Destination	Per each, 2 guests	Per each, 3 or more guests
Tyndal Creek, Upper Kern, Bench Lake, Woods Creek	$1950	$1600

*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	$195
Top of Taboose & Sawmill Passes	$690	$210
Tyndal Ck., Woods Ck.,South Fk. Kings & JMT Upper Kern	$950	$400

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.

Call us TODAY at 760-872-8331 for a quick reponse to your questions.
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 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