HORSE LAYOVER

Explore the Yosemite & Sierra areas by horseback!

Bring your horse to The Homestead where they will enjoy a beautiful stabling area on our premises.

Many of our guests love to bring their horses along to The Homestead, where both man and their equine friends will enjoy luxury accommodations. A maximum of 5 horses can be accommodated in 4 12' x 12' partially covered pipe corral stalls and 1 uncovered 12' x 24' pipe stall.

Don’t have your own horse? There are several stables nearby for guided rides.

Here are a few of our favorite horseback trails in the Sierra, Yosemite areas. Complimentary Horseback Trail Maps are available for guests of The Homestead.

Worman Mill- easy to moderate, old logging roads- great for spring and fall- 4-5 hour loop.

Bass Lake - Cowboy Trail- easy to moderate, this trail and logging roads were used to take cattle to the high country. 4-5 hour round trip to a beautiful vista overlooking Bass Lake.

Sierra National Forest to Yosemite Big Trees - This is the trail from Yosemite Trails Pack Station- moderate to difficult with stream crossings, lush foliage, early summer has wild azaleas and dogwood. 3 hours - or you can take outer loop of giant sequoias and continue onto Wawona.

Nelder Grove - 3 trail rides out of this area - easy to moderate- logging roads in two different directions and a third option which is an all time favorite of many guests which is a combination of logging roads and single track trails- takes you right by Giant Sequoias that you can touch. 3-4 hour loop. Photos below are on this trail June 2006-

Wawona to The Big Trees - great trail inside Yosemite, you’ll end up at the Giant Sequoias from a different direction than the pack station. Easy to moderate trail about 3 hours round trip- or you can explore longer around the Mariposa Big Trees area on the outer loop trail.