Cottonwood Pack Station

SPOT TRIPS 2025 On a spot trip we transport you AND your gear by horse/mule to a campsite. On a specified date, we will return to transport you and your gear back to the pack station. Your length of stay does not affect the charges. You furnish your own camp gear and food. One packer/wrangler is required to manage each 5 head of livestock.

We can pack no more than 150 lbs per mule. The bulk, volume and dimensions may require additional mules.

Rates are per person. Includes packers, horses and mules for the round trip*
LOCATION	2 people	3 people	4+ people
South Fork of Cottonwood Creek in Golden Trout Wilderness & Golden Trout Creek Beautiful Meadows below South Fork Lakes (campfires permitted)	$900	$800	$750
Cottonwood Lakes Basin Many Lakes with outstanding Golden Trout	$1200	$1000	$950
Tunnel Guard Station and Tunnel Guard Station & Big Whitney Meadow Beautiful meadows in the Golden Trout Wilderness	$1200	$1100	$950
Upper Rock-Soldier Lake area & Penned Up Mdw Miter Basin Lakes, Meadows and access to Miter Basin and Mt. Langley	$1500	$1400	$1300
Lower Rock Creek near Crossing and Ranger Station and Little Whitney Meadows	$1500	$1400	$1300
Crabtree Meadows Access to climb Mt. Whitney (two night limit)	$3000	$2500	$2000
Wright Creek, Wallace Creek and Tyndal Creek at JMT Remote spectacular areas in the Upper Kern	$7500	$5000	$4500

* Please note that there is a 3% USFS and a 3% Sequoia/Kings Canyon (SEKI) fee for travel into those areas.

The Forest Service limits pack stock by a 1:1.5 stock-to-person ratio. Spot trip rate will include mules up to the limit allowed in the roundtrip fee.

Number of Persons	Number of Allowable Pack Animals
1	1
2 &3	2
4	3
5 & 6	4
7	5
8 & 9	6
10	7
11 & 12	8
13	9
14 & 15	10

You can make a reservation at the Rock Creek Pack Station reservations page.

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