Scenic forest cabin exterior with red wood siding surrounded by trees at Kit Carson Lodge.

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Kit Carson Lodge is committed to furthering the accessibility and usability of its website, www.kitcarsonlodge.com. Kit Carson Lodge will be using the relevant portions of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to guide its compliance. The relevant portions of the WCAG will serve as our primary web accessibility standard, though other standards may also be used to provide accessibility to the extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Please be aware that our efforts are ongoing. If you have specific questions or concerns about the accessibility of any particular webpage on www.kitcarsonlodge.com, please contact us at stay@kitcarsonlodge.com or 209-258-8500. If you encounter an accessibility issue, please be sure to specify the particular web page in your email or phone call, and we will make all reasonable efforts to make that page accessible for you.

Gold Rush Tours

Looking to have a new style of adventure while visiting Kit Carson Lodge? Well, Gabby’s Gold Rush Tours might be for you. Take a three to four hour trip with Gabby and get an experience that most tourists in the area will never even know existed.

Visit the old trails where the rocks are still worn, or even climb Devil’s Ladder. Who knows what you will experience on this wild ride through the past?

Additionally, Gabby does the free forest service history of Carson Pass walks on Friday and Sunday from 10-11 AM at the pass.

Click here for more information on Gabby’s Gold Rush Tours

Rushing water cascading over rocks in a river.

Horseback Riding

The Kirkwood Sierra Outfitters gives you a true chance to ride through the scenic trails all over Silver Lake.

If you are wanting a different type of family experience while you are on vacation, this might be what you are needing!

Go and truly enjoy the Sierra with Jim and Karen Hagen as you build memories that will surely not be forgotten. Visit their site below:

Click here for more information on Kirkwood Sierra Outfitters. Advanced reservations are required.

A man and a woman posing with a white and brown horse in an outdoor setting.

Boat Rentals

Motor Boats, Canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddle boards may be rented by the hour at the lodge front desk between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.
Pack a lunch then paddle or motor over to Treasure Island to enjoy the stillness and natural beauty of the largest island in the lake. Or perhaps enjoy nature’s landscape by boating around the seven miles of scenic lake shore.

Additionally, Silver Lake is stocked routinely to provide our guests an opportunity to catch Rainbow and native German Brown Trout.

No pets are allowed on our Pontoon boat and paddle boats. Motor boats, Kayaks, and Canoes are ok for pets.

Several canoes and kayaks are beached on the sandy shore of a lake surrounded by trees.

Hiking

The Carson Pass area is one of the premier wildflower zones of California and one of the best hiking areas for short spectacular hikes. There are trails available for all ability levels in the area. See the front desk for an inexpensive hiking map with all of the local trails with the elevations and distances.

Many of the trails lead to pristine Alpine lakes only accessible by foot and are often strewn with a multitude of wildflowers during the summer season.

Because our base elevations and trail heads are so high in the Carson Pass area, hikes quickly take you up to high lakes in alpine terrain that might require an overnight backpack trip elsewhere.

Wear a swimsuit under your clothes to take a dip in the lake and don't forget your camera!

A group of hikers with backpacks are trekking up a rocky trail through a forest.

Visit a Living Pioneer Town

Just south of our Inn is one of our favorite attractions; a pioneer town reconstructed to represent what life was like in the 1800s for people living in California, and includes several pioneer homes, schoolhouses, a
blacksmith shop, wagon display, and even part of an original lumber flume.

Fresno Flats is a journey back in time as volunteers in historically accurate clothing guide visitors through the various buildings in the town, explaining what life was like in the 1860’s for the intrepid settlers that decided to make California their home. A simpler type of life that is both charming and intriguing to experience and explore for yourself.