Horse Packers &
Horse Pack Stations in California
pack horses
horseback camping
horse pack trips
pack trains
high sierra packs
& wild horses in California
Overnight Guided Horse Trips into the backcountry wilderness
The most scenic spots in the California high country can only be accessed by foot. If your physical body is not up for carrying all the gear (weight) on your back (backpacking) and hiking (trekking) on foot, uphill for (many) miles, then an overnight horse camping trip (horse packing) may be an option to consider.
Get way out there – with guided professionals. Camp the real back country wilderness. No campground crowds, no RVs humming, no easy access! These experienced stock animals are well trained, familiar & dependable on the trails. Specific interests tours and custom destinations can make it worth your wild. Fishing alpine lakes, hot springs, wildflowers, high country camping (in style). Guides usually provide the camping tents, food and meal prep.
Central Coast Mountains
Johnson Horse Camp
2112 Perkins Rd
New Cuyama, CA 93254
805-680-2817
Los Padres Outfitters
Santa Barbara Mountains
P.O. Box 748
Carpinteria, CA 93104
805-755-8687
Southern Sierra Nevada
Balch Park Pack Station
PO Box 852
Springville, CA 93265
559-539-2227 summer
559-539-3908 winter
Golden Trout Pack Station
Kern River Canyon
Quaking Aspen Pack Station
PO Box 756
Springville, CA 93265
559-542-2816 summer
559-539-2744
Kern River Fly Fishing
Kernville, CA
866-FISH-876
Eastern Sierra Nevada
Bishop Pack Outfitters
247 Cataract Rd
Aspendell, CA 93514
760-873-4785
Cottonwood Pack Station
Lone Pine, CA
559-478-2258
Horseshoe Meadows, Mt Whitney, John Muir Trail
Frontier Pack Station
PO Box 656
June Lake, CA 93529
760-648-7701 summer
760-872-4038 winter
Glacier Pack Train
5 County Rd
Big Pine, CA 93513
760-938-2538
Big Pine Lake, Palisade Glacier
JC High Country
Little Antelope Pack Station
Mill Canyon Rd
PO Box 179
Coleville, CA 96107
775-315-6222
backcountry fishing & hunting trips
Antelope Valley Pack Station
Wolf Creek Pack Station
Leavitt Meadows Pack
Hwy 108, Sonora Pass
Bridgeport, CA
775-450-0014
Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit
PO Box 61
Mammoth Lakes CA 93546
888-475-8747
760-934-2434
800-495-2569 winter
McGee Creek Pack Station
2990 McGee Creek Road
Crowley Lake, CA 93546
800-854-7407
760-935-4324 summer
760-878-2207 winter
Reds Meadow Pack Station
Agnew Meadow
PO Box 395, Mammoth, CA 93546
760-934-2345
Rainbow Pack Station
PO Box 1791
Bishop, CA 93514
760-873-8877
Rock Creek Pack Station
Mt. Whitney Pack Trains
PO Box 248
Bishop, CA 93515
760-872-8331 winter
760-935-4493 summer
Virginia Lakes Pack Outfit
US Highway 395
Bridgeport CA 93517
760-937-0326 summer
702-872-8331 winter
West Central Sierra & Yosemite
Aspen Meadow Pack Station
Dodge Ridge
Pinecrest Lake, CA
209-965-3402
Cedar Grove Pack Station
Kings Canyon National Park
559-565-3464 summer
559-337-2413 winter
Clyde Pack Outfitters
Dinkey Creek, Wishon, CA
559-865-2006
D & F Pack Station
Huntington Lake
PO Box 156
Lakeshore, CA 93634
800-434-RIDE
559-893-3220
Horse Corral Packers
Sequoia National Park
PO Box 546
Woodlake, CA 93286
559-565-3404 summer
559-564-6429 winter
Mineral King Valley, Giant Sequoia National Monument
High Sierra Pack Station
Mono Hot Springs, CA 93642
559-285-7225 summer
559-299-8297 winter
Lost Valley Pack Station
Florence Lake
Lakeshore, CA 93634
559-855-3960
Mather Pack Station
North Yosemite
35250 “A” Mather Road
Groveland, CA 95321
209-379-2334
209-847-5753
Minarets Pack Station
PO Box 1461
North Fork, CA 93643
559-841-2170
Muir Trail Ranch
Blayney Meadow
PO Box 269,
Ahwahnee, CA 93601
559-966-3195
Yosemite Trails Pack
7910 Jackson Road
Fish Camp, CA 93623
559-683-7611
Lake Tahoe & Northern Sierra
Alpine Meadows Stables
Tahoe City
355 Alpine Meadows Rd
Alpine Meadows, CA 96146
916-583-3905
Camp Richardson Corral
Emerald Bay
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96158
877-541-3113
530-541-3113
Reid Horse
Gold Lake Pack Station
7000 Gold Lake Hwy
Graeagle, CA 96103
530-283-1147
530-836-0940 (Gold Lk)
530-836-0430 (Graeagle)
Bucks Lakes Wilderness, Lakes Basin Recreation Area
Northern California
Coffee Creek Ranch
14310 Coffee Creek Rd
Trinity Alps Wilderness
Coffee Creek, CA 96091
800-624-4480
530-266-3343
see also – Llama Pack Trips
Wild Horses in California
Wild Horse Sanctuary
5796 Wilson Hill Road
Shingletown, CA 96088
530-474-5770
(overnight treks on horseback to view wild horses)
Wild Horses in Northern California near Lassen Peak, North Sierra Nevada mountains. The mission of the Wild Horse Sanctuary is to protect and preserve America’s wild horses as a living national treasure by providing range sanctuary in an ecologically balanced environment open to the public.
BLM Wild Horses & Burros
Bureau of Land Management
California Herd Management Areas
BLM California manages 21 wild horse and burro herd management areas on approximately 2.5 million acres. Adoption and sales.
