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High Sierras Wilderness Pack Trips


High Sierras Wilderness Pack Trips
California USA

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.

Camping Ride with pack horses
Family Vacation
Riding with fishing options
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs

Meeting: Pack Station/ Bridgeport
Airport: Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH)
Transfer: --
Riders: Min 2 riders
Max 12 riders

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    High Sierras Wilderness Pack Trips
    Tour Code: RTCA10
    7 days / 6 nights
    Dates : Jul-Sept

    Trip Rating :
    Difficulty : Riding Level
    Riding Level Explained
    ABeginner
    Beginner A rider who has limited experience, is unable to post the trot and does not canter.
    BNovice
    Novice A rider who is capable of mounting and dismounting unassisted, capable of applying basic aids, comfortable and in control at the walk, moderate length posting trots, and short canters.
    CIntermediate
    Intermediate A rider who has a firm seat, is confident and in control at all paces (including posting trots, two point canters and gallops), but does not ride regularly.
    D Strong Intermediate
    Strong Intermediate An intermediate rider who is currently riding regularly and is comfortable in the saddle for at least 6 hours per day.
    EAdvanced
    All of the above, plus an independent seat, soft hands, and capable of handlinga spirited horse in open country.
    Lodging: Basic
    Lodging Level Explained
       
    = Facilities in lodges, estancias, haciendas, resorts, etc.
       
    Basic lodging - some with shared bathroom facilities, usually no AC or room service.
    Regular standard room - usually with private bath.
     Accommodations with superior comforts.
       
     = Trips with nights in tent camps. Sometimes the first and last night are in hotels.
       
    Basic tent camping - everyone helps out with camp chores.
    Regular standard with some camp amenities and camp cook.
    Camping facilities with superior comforts like camp shower, bathroom facility..
       
     = Trips that combine nights in hotels and camping.
       
    Basic accommodation and basic camping facilities can be expected.
    Regular standard with some nicer amenities.
    Only assigned to hotel and camping facilities with superior comforts.

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    Season Tour Dates  Min / MaxReserve
    J 2024 07/14 - 07/19 6d / 5n 6 day trip - Kern Peak 2 /12 Reserve
    K 2024 07/20 - 07/25 6d / 5n 6 day trip - Winchester Trai... 2 /12 Reserve
    C 2024 07/21 - 07/26 6d / 5n 6 day trip - Mt Whitney 2 /12 Reserve
    D 2024 07/21 - 07/26 6d / 5n 6 day trip - Triple Pass 2 /12 Reserve
    G 2024 07/29 - 08/02 5d / 4n 5 day trip - History of the ... 2 /12 Reserve
    A 2024 08/10 - 08/15 6d / 5n 6 day trip - Virginia Lakes 2 /12 Reserve
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    Tack: Western
    Horses: Mostly quarterhorse mix
    Pace: between 2 to 6 hours per day - mostly ...
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    Airport: Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH)
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