Capture Some Memories Bring your rafting trip home with you - or share it online! Demand bragging rights on social media! Show it to your grand kids! Sierra Mac now offers video of your rafting trip on the Main Tuolumne or Cherry Creek. $75 buys a 3 minute clip of your raft shooting the rapids. … [Read more...]
Tuolumne River Campground Guide
Where to Camp near our Main Tuolumne and Cherry Creek Rafting Trips Many of our Main Tuolumne and Upper Tuolumne/Cherry Creek rafting guests ask about the location of nearby campgrounds where they might stay before or after their trip. This article focuses on designated campgrounds located within … [Read more...]
Merced River Rafting Camping Guide
Looking for a good campsite on your Merced River rafting trip? There are several excellent options for camping along the Merced as it flows downstream just outside Yosemite National Park. Guests on spring and summer rafting trips often choose to overnight at nearby campgrounds before or after their … [Read more...]
Yosemite Waterfall Season
We are currently entering peak waterfall season in Yosemite National Park. The immense snow pack and warming temperatures have created a spectacular display of flowing water. Yosemite's waterfalls usually reach their fullest capacity in May of each year as snow in the high country is melting, but … [Read more...]
Make Mine a Schlitz
Beer and rafting go way back. In the 1970's, Schlitz Beer commissioned some local talent for a commercial highlighting the exciting world of whitewater rafting. It features Sierra Mac founder Marty McDonnell, as well as Joe Daly and Dick Linford of Echo River Trips. Still looks like a lot of fun. So … [Read more...]
Taste the best Tuolumne River rafting flows in over 20 years!
Hold onto your helmet. Thanks to a big winter in the Sierra, the Main Tuolumne will have absolutely ideal conditions for rafting this spring and summer. Water levels are expected to peak mid-May thru mid June and ramp down slowly with higher than average flows continuing into June, July and August. … [Read more...]
Exceptional 2017 Yosemite River Rafting Outlook
We are in awe of the sheer volume of precipitation hitting the Sierra Nevada this year. Sitting from our office above the Tuolumne River canyon, we have watched storms form and move through the mountains of Yosemite virtually all winter. After 4 years of drought, latest measurements show Central … [Read more...]
Rush Creek Lodge at Yosemite
All New Yosemite Resort Looking for deluxe lodging or an outstanding restaurant before or after your rafting trip? The new Rush Creek Lodge has it all. This brand new contemporary resort is located on Hwy 120 just minutes from both Yosemite National Park and Sierra Mac River Trips' meeting spots … [Read more...]
Tuolumne River Rafting History
Sierra Mac River Trips was the first commercial outfitter to lead rafting trips on both the Main Tuolumne (1969) and Merced rivers. In 1973 owner Marty McDonnell pioneered rafting on the Cherry Creek/Upper Tuolumne section, upping the bar for class V rafting in California. Rivers have always … [Read more...]
Sierra storms bring peak flows to Yosemite Rivers
The storm systems that have been impacting the Sierra continue to bring record-breaking precipitation, with some areas seeing as much as 14 feet of snow in the last 2 weeks. Yosemite issued a mandatory evacuation on the 7th, the Merced River in Yosemite Valley reached flood stage, above ten feet on … [Read more...]
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