Tips about planning Yosemite rafting trips.
Considering doing a multi-day Yosemite white water rafting trip? Wondering what it entails and what you should plan on bringing? Here are a few packing tips and tricks to help make your rafting adventure rock. Multi-day trips are a unique way to enter and experience the Yosemite back country. From the moment you push off…
Nothing builds a hearty appetite like a day of paddling whitewater. The shared excitement and adrenaline demand quality calories. We have learned to prepare for large appetites. Enjoying a meal on the shore of a sparkling river is an integral part of all our trips, and is the perfect way to celebrate the experience. When…
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. $100-140 per boat buys a 4-5 minute edited video or raw video…
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 campgrounds where they might stay before or after their trip. We now offer camping at our meeting location, please inquire! This article focuses on designated campgrounds located within 30 minutes of…
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 outside Yosemite National Park. Guests on spring and summer rafting trips often choose to overnight at nearby campgrounds before or after their rafting expedition. This article focuses on campgrounds located outside…
Springtime is waterfall season in Yosemite National Park. The snow pack and warming temperatures create 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, this can vary depending on each year’s accumulated snow pack and spring weather conditions….
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 go ahead, Make…
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 attracted adventurers, and the urge to paddle down…
Most of the rafting photos that you see on our website were shot by the photographers of Picture This/Rapid Shooters. Owner Mark Leder-Adams has been shooting California rivers since the 1980’s, first on the American River and its forks, then later focusing his lens on the Kern, Merced, Tuolumne, Kings and Cherry Creek. Mark, along…
The meeting spots for Sierra Mac’s Tuolumne and Cherry Creek rafting trips are located about halfway between the town of Groveland, California and Yosemite’s Big Oak Flat Entrance Station on State Hwy 120. In addition to lodging located within Yosemite National Park, which can be very busy during summer months, there are also a lot…
Welcome to Sierra Mac River Trips at Colfax Spring, a peaceful ridge-top retreat just 15 minutes from the Highway 120…
🎣 New Fishing Adventure on the Wild & Scenic Tuolumne River! 🎣 We’re thrilled to introduce an unforgettable new way…
Tuolumne River Boating Access Is In Jeopardy! Please HELP! Lumsden Road as of April 5th 2023 Effective Lobbying Efforts ~>Join…
Rafting the Rivers of Yosemite
Marty & Tom McDonnell – Outfitter
