High Sierras Wilderness Horse Riding

Take a week, pack up, and really get away from it all. Join us on a week-long pack trip into the Eastern High Sierras of California. On horseback we will explore regions of the Sierras like the John Muir Wilderness, the Ansel Adams Wilderness or Mount Whitney. Explore, relax, fish a bit, talk about nothing or everything around the campfire - just be you for a while.

Our riding excursions will explore the vast areas of the John Muir Wilderness throughout the summer. This is a land of snow-capped mountains with hundreds of lakes and streams and beautiful meadows. Elevations range from 4,000 to 14,496 ft. Lower elevations slopes are covered with stands of Jeffrey Pine, incense cedar, white and red fir and lodgepole pine. The higher elevations are barren granite with many glacially carved lakes.

Other rides will be in the Mount Whitney area. Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states. The peak lies within the John Muir Wilderness and the Sequoia National Park Wilderness. These areas were set aside by Congress and the President to provide opportunities for solitude and unconfined, primitive types of recreation. Wilderness areas are places where the earth and its communities of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.

Or chose to explore the Ansel Adams Wilderness. Ansel Adams is characterized by spectacular alpine scenery with barren granite peaks, steep-walled gorges and rock outcroppings. Elevations range from 3,500 feet to 13,157 feet and there are several small glaciers on the north and northeast facing slopes of the highest peaks. The Ansel Adams Wilderness contains the headwaters of the North and Middle Forks of the San Joaquin River.

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Itinerary / Highlights

Arrival in the morning of Day 1. Most rides start at 7:30 AM and end around 4 PM on the last day. A van meets us to take us back to the pack station. Generally we arrive back at Rock Creek around 5 PM.
You should make arrangements for an extra overnight before the trip.

7 day trip, AP Sierra Nevada Trail from Rock Creek
Ride from Rock Creek over Mono Pass and onto Mott Lake. We have time for some fishing, hiking and lots of riding, of course. We return via Hopkins Lake to Rock Creek.

7 day trip, AP Mt.Whitney Trail from Horseshoe Meadow
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. Layover day at Crabtree gives you easy access to climb to the top of Mt. Whitney.

6 day trip, AP Triple Pass Trail
Experience the beauty of countless streams, lakes and meadows carpeted with wildflowers. Route covers a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail and crosses Mono, Silver and Duck passes. Opportunity for trout fishing mornings, evenings and on two layover days. Side trips planned to Hopkins Lake and Grassy Lake.

7 day trip, AP Lake of the Lone Indian from Rock Creek
This seven-day trail ride goes through the most remote areas of Fish Creek and Mono Creek backcountry. Trip itinerary includes Mono Pass, Silver Pass and Jackson Meadow. Several layover days allow riders to further explore the surrounding lakes and meadows — Peter Pande, Wilbur May, Grassy, and Olive lakes.

7 day trip, AP Ansel Adams - Yosemite
We explore the lakes, meadows and streams beneath the majestic spires of the Minarets and Mt. Ritter and Banner for the first part of our trip. Thousand Island and Garnet Lakes are among the most beautiful lakes on the Muir Trail. The last few days we explore Lyell Canyon and visit the alpine meadows and lakes near Vogelsang.

6 day trip, AP Professional Packing Scholl
Master packing and outfitting skills in this September course on a six-day pack trip into Mono Creek. Emphasis on wrangling and moving camp daily to improve packing skills. This fall session will be an ideal course for those who have completed UC packing courses, Backcountry Horseman seminars and introductory packing clinics.

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Accommodation Details

We supply horses, saddles, food, kitchen and eating utensils, and camping equipment.
We have a wide variety of tents, please let us know what type you prefer (ie: 1 person, double, triple, etc.)

Food will be plentiful and deluxe in quality. We provide the preparation of meals; any help is appreciated but not mandatory. Those desiring to learn how to pack may participate in making up loads and packing the mules.