Sierra pack trip

Guests and packers from Rock Creek Pack Station cross a creek near Davis Lake in the Eastern Sierra.

Guests don’t wear spurs, but packers for Rock Creek Pack Station do.

Lake Davis and surrounding mountains on a morning without wind.

Kami Decker, 16, of Los Gatos eats breakfast at camp. Her cowboy name: Scruffy.

Olivia Palermo, 16, right, lands a trout at Davis Lake in the Eastern Sierra with her friend Kami Decker looking on.

Fresh-caught trout for dinner at Davis Lake.

Packer Hilary Bruegl’s boots hold a pair of empty whiskey bottles.

Moonrise over the Eastern Sierra.

Lake Davis and surrounding mountains on a morning without wind.

Karen Johanson of Los Gatos crosses a stream near Davis Lake.

Packer Bryan Kaiser wears a belt buckle celebrating one of his many wins at Bishop’s annual Mule Days celebration.

Packer Bryan Kaiser loads a mule at Davis Lake in the Eastern Sierra.

A tree stands on a ridge near Rock Creek Lake, Inyo National Forest, Mono County.