Cottonwood Pack Station

RIDE/PACK 2025

Per California Senate Bill 478 (SB 478), also known as the Hidden Fees Statute pricing on this page has been updated to include fees.

Rock Creek Pack Station, operating as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains, offers riding and hiking trips originating at Cottonwood Pack Station. These trips allow guests the opportunity to climb Mt. Whitney from the west side and explore the Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park and the Golden Trout Wilderness.

SCHEDULED PACK TRIPS:

PARENT/CHILD TRAIL RIDE FROM COTTONWOOD PACK STATION
Starts and ends at Cottonwood Pack Station
June 27-29, 2025
No cooking, no WIFI, no appointments. We have horses, mules, streams and lakes, etc. ... more info

3 days
$975 including fees
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.
We invite you and your child to join us for three days of riding, fishing and camping. Learn how to care for your horse and enjoy comfortable camping. A wonderful experience for those who enjoy meeting others with similar interests. This is a great trip for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles -- as well as for the kids! No cooking, no WIFI, no appointments, just the great outdoors and adventure.

GOLDEN TROUT TRAIL RIDE #1 and #2
two dates:
June 23-27, 2025
July 7-11, 2025
Excellent fishing for golden trout ... more info

5 days
$1500 including fees
Horseshoe Meadows to Horseshoe Meadows
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.
The route begins at Horseshoe and continues to South Fork Kern, then travel to our campsite Golden Trout Creek below Tunnel Meadows. Layover days allow for rides to Little Whitney Meadows, South Fork of the Kern in Templeton/Ramshaw Meadows and options to ride to Kern Peak and Big Whitney Meadows.
Excellent fishing for Golden Trout.
We will terminate at Horseshoe Meadows.
See a full itinerary and description HERE

More information on the Golden Trout Wilderness
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.

PROFESSIONAL PACKING SCHOOL #2
Advanced Packing in the Wilderness (section 2)
June 30-July 5, 2025
Horseshoe Meadows: focus on moving camps, wrangling and feeding livestock
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6 days
$2100 including fees
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.
Meet at Horseshoe Meadows?a six day traveling educational pack trip into the Golden Trout Wilderness
Emphasis on moving camps, wrangling and feeding livestock on the extended wilderness pack trip.
More information on the Golden Trout Wilderness.

COTTONWOOD LAKE TRAIL RIDE
July 12-15, 2025 and August 7-10, 2025
Great Fishing at Cottonwood Lake
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4 days
$1500 including fees
Start and end at Horseshoe Meadows
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.
Depart from Horseshoe Meadows
Meet at Horseshoe Meadows and travel to our camp at Cottonwood Lake.
We will have day rides from the camp. Return to Horseshoe.
OUTSTANDING GOLDEN TROUT FISHING.
More information on the Golden Trout Wilderness

MULKEY MEADOWS TRAIL RIDE
July 3-6, 2025
Horseshoe Meadows to Horseshoe Meadows
Great exploring on Layover days ... more info

4 days
$1400 (including fees)
Horseshoe Meadows to Horseshoe Meadows
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.
Day 1: Cottonwood Pack Station to Kern Peak Stringer
Day 2: Layover - ride to Little Whitney Meadows
Day 3: Layover -ride to Templeton Meadows
Day 4: Out to Cottonwood.
More information on the Golden Trout Wilderness.

KERN RIVER GOLDEN TROUT HERITAGE TRAIL RIDE
July 26-August 1 2025
Some of the best fly fishing in the High Sierra ...
... more info

$3150
7 Days
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.
This seven-day pack trip provides a unique opportunity for both novice and experienced anglers to enjoy some of the best fly fishing the High Sierra has to offer. Guests travel by horseback into remote areas of the Golden Trout Wilderness and Sequoia National Park to fish for isolated species of Golden Trout and Kern River Rainbows.
For detailed information please click HERE.

WINCHESTER TRAIL RIDE
July 19-25, 2025
Join those who enjoy riding and angling for golden trout on this loop through the Golden Trout Wilderness.
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6 days
$2500 including fees
Horseshoe Meadows to Horseshoe Meadows
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains. Explore meadows and streams during the peak wildflower season.
We camp near creeks that comprise the native habitat of the golden trout, providing ample opportunity for anglers to catch these beautiful fish.
Day 1: Cottonwood Pack Station to Kern Peak Stringer
Day 2: Layover
Day 3: To Little Whitney Meadows
Day 4: Layover
Day 5: To Big Whitney Meadows
Day 6: Out to Cottonwood Pack Station

MT. WHITNEY TRAIL RIDE
July 20-25, 2025
Pack your tackle
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6 days
Sequoia National Park/John Muir Wilderness
$2900 including fees
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.
Horseshoe Meadows to Horseshoe Meadows
Pack your tackle for the ultimate Golden trout fishing adventure. Experience the subalpine beauty of Sequoia National Park with camps at
Tyndal Creek, Wallace Creek, Crabtree Meadows and Rock Creek.
Planned itinerary:
Day 1: Horseshoe Meadows to Lower Rock Creek
Day 2: Layover
Day 3: Lower Rock Creek to Guitar Lake
Day 4: Option to climb Mt. Whitney and back to Crabtree/Sandy Meadow
Day 5: To Rock Creek
Day 6: Out to Horseshoe Meadows
More information on the Golden Trout Wilderness

NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA
July 28-Aug 1, 2025
Golden Trout Wilderness: learn about these mountains and the nature within them.
... more info

5 days
$2050 including fees
Start and end at Cottonwood Pack Station
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains.
Immerse yourself in the Natural History of the Sierra Nevada.
Join Fulbright Scholar and retired National Park Ranger Dr. Nancy Muleady-Mecham for a once in a lifetime chance
to learn all about these mountains and the nature within them.
Look here for trip details.

MT. LANGLEY TRAIL RIDE
August 2-6, 2025
See wildflowers and fish for golden trout on this trip into the Golden Trout Wilderness.
... more info

5 days
$1800
Horseshoe Meadows to Horseshoe Meadows
This trip is operated by Rock Creek Pack Station dba as Mt. Whitney Pack Trains. Layover days provide ample opportunity for anglers to catch golden trout, or explore the beautiful meadows filled with wildflowers.
Day 1: Cottonwood Pack Station to Big Whitney Meadow
Day 2: Layover
Day 3: To Upper Rock Creek
Day 4: Layover
Day 5: Out to Cottonwood Pack Station

ROAD SCHOLAR PROGRAMS
Please go to the ROAD SCHOLAR website to see the trips offered by Road Scholar and supported by
Rock Creek, Cottonwood and Mt. Whitney Pack Trains. The list of dates are listed, below.
... more info

June 8-12, 2025
July 13-17, 2025
August 24-28, 2025
September 7-11, 2025

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