Swing into the saddle for an hour, a day, or a week. Many of the canyons leading into the back country of the awesome beauty of the Eastern Sierra from Highway 395 offer horseback riding facilities with professional pack outfitters that can deliver a trip just for you. Whether it’s an outing with family and friends or a business get-away, this is your opportunity to experience the rugged Eastern Sierra.
Members of the Eastern Packers Association offers you a wide variety of specialized pack trips and adventures with gentle, mountain-savvy horses can make your exploration of the high country in the John Muir Wilderness and Yosemite more enjoyable. All of your equipment, sleeping bag, stove, tent, and food are packed onto the backs of mules while you ride a horse through the beauty of the High Sierra, with its dense pine forests, open meadows, rushing creeks and pristine alpine lakes. Pack stations offer picnic and scenic day rides, as well as extended trips into the wilderness lead by professional guides who will even set up an entire camp and cook all your meals for you, leaving you time to enjoy the backcountry.
Pack trips offered include fishing trips, Wild Mustang viewing, Pack-it-in & Pack-it-Out services, stock drives and more.
Contact one of the many member outfitters for complete package information or write to:
Cottonwood Pack Station
910 Gibson Ranch Rd
Independence, CA 93526
(760) 878-2015
High Sierra Packers Association
690 N. Main St.
Bishop, CA 93514
Bishop Pack Outfitters
247 Cataract Road, Bishop, CA 93514
873-4785
www.bishoppackoutfitters.com
Frontier Pack Train
760/648-7701 (summer)
760/873-7971 (winter)
Star Route 3, Box 18
June Lake, CA 93529
www.FrontierPacktrain.com
Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit
3244 Lake Mary Road
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
(760) 934-2434
www.mammothpack.com
McGee Creek Pack Station
760/878-2207 (winter)
760/935-4324 (summer)
Rt. 1, Box 162
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
www.mcgeecreekpackstation.com
Millpond Equestrian Center
45 Sawmill Road
Bishop, CA 93514
760-872-1301
www.millpondequestrian.net
Red’s Meadow Pack Train
800/292-7758 or 760/934-2345
P.O. Box 395
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
www.redsmeadow.com
Rainbow Pack Outfitters
760/873-8877 (pack station)
760/872-8803 (office)
600 S. Main St, Bishop, CA 93514
www.rainbowpackoutfit.com
Rock Creek Pack Station
760/935-4493 (summer)
760/872-8331 (winter)
P.O. Box 248, Bishop, CA 93515
www.rockcreekpackstation.com