WILDERNESS PERMITS for our guests are issued from our commercial quota, NOT from the general public quota.

ROCK CREEK AREA
2024
DUNNAGE PACKS AND CACHES

The load is packed to a specified location and you hike to meet it. "Some hike and others ride" falls into this category.

Rates for use of stock to or from destination (one-way charge)
Area	Handling fee	Each horse or mule
Little Lakes Valley	$430	$265
Hilton Lakes & Tamarack Lakes Area	$460	$265
Gold Creek & Fourth Recess Lake	$525	$330
Confluence of 4th Recess Creek & Gold Creek to Third Recess, Pioneer Basin Lake #1	$630	$420
Hopkins Basin & Mono Creek to Second Recess	$675	$450
Anvil Camp (Shepherd Pass trail) *	$1600	$650
Top of Taboose & Sawmill Pass *	$1750	$950
Woods Basin, Bench Lake *	$2110	$1100
*Operated by Rock Creek Pack Station as Mt. Whitney Pack Train. Handling fee includes trucking of livestock to trailhead and packer's fee.

Click HERE to submit a reservation.

For destinations in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks -from Shepherd, Sawmill, Taboose Trailheads, click here .

We rent aluminum BEAR-PROOF BOXES 12"x20"x22.5" for $8/day.

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

PLEASE NOTE:
There will be a minimum of $300 per person per day of service into the Mt. Whitney Management Area.
This includes all of Rock Creek, Miter Basin, Crabtree and Wallace Creek areas.
The 3% SEKI fee and 3% USFS fee are in addition to the $300 fee per person.
There is a minimum of $250 per person per day for service into the Cottonwood Lakes Basin.
** Handling Fee may increase to the degree so that the charges result in a minimum $110 per person per day for trips to Davis Lake and Lake #2.
** Handling fee is charged for each 5 head or portion thereof.
** We pack 150 pounds per mule or less, if bulk, volume and dimensions of load require an additional mule.
** Expect gear packed out to pack station to arrive late afternoon. Early arrival can be arranged by written agreement and additional fees.

** Note that there is a 2% USFS fee and 8% fee to cover regulatory changes and a 3% fee for Yosemite National Park.
** Note that there is a $15 per person fee to cover the monitoring

Call us TODAY at 760-872-8331 for a quick response to your questions.
You can email us, also.

Rock Creek Pack Station, Inc operates under permit on the Inyo National Forest.
All Trail Rides and Packing Schools are subject to an 8% regulatory reservation fee, plus 2% USFS fee.
Horse Drives are are subject to an 8% regulatory reservation fee, plus 3% USFS fee.
Mustang Trips are are subject to a 3% USFS fee.
Trips traveling in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are subject to an additional 3% park use fee.


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