Calendar & Pricing

Hiking Trips

  • Day Guides
  • Duration: daily, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Level: all
  • Cost: Private Guide for 1-6 people (daily rate-8 hours) $365, each additional participant up to 10 people $70
  • Note: Rates and times for privately guided 1-day Half Dome hikes, which start at 6am-5pm, are $395 for 1-2 people and $90 each additional participant up to 6 people.
  • Dates: Daily, Year-round
  • Hiking Weekends
  • Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
  • Level: leisurely-moderate
  • Cost: $465
  • 2008 Dates: Jun 27-29, Jul 11-13, Aug 1-3, Sep 5-7
  • Ansel Adams High Sierra Camp
  • Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights
  • Level: leisurely-moderate
  • Cost: $965
  • 2008 Dates: Jul 9-13(full), Aug 6-10 (Family Departure)

Backpacking Trips

  • High Tour
  • Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
  • Level: moderate
  • Cost: $595
  • 2008 Dates: Jul 10-13, Aug 7-10
  • Alpine Lakes
  • Duration: 5 Days 4 Nights
  • Level: moderate
  • Cost: $695
  • 2008 Dates: Jun 25-29, Jul 9-13, Jul 30-Aug 3
  • Mt. Conness
  • Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights
  • Level: moderate-strenuous
  • Cost: $715
  • 2008 Dates: Sep 3-7
  • Yosemite Grand Traverse
  • Duration: 8 days/7 nights
  • Level: strenuous
  • Cost: $1695
  • 2008 Dates: July 12-19, Aug 2-9, Aug 30-Sept 6
  • Trans-Sierra Trail to Mt. Whitney
  • Duration: 10 Days/9 Nights
  • Level: strenuous
  • Cost: $1,850 per person on group size of 9-12 people
  • $2,150 per person on group size of 4-8 people
  • (Small group surcharge of $400 per person on group size of 3 people in addition to smallest tier)
  • 2008 Dates: Aug 1-10, Sep 05-14
  • John Muir Trail
  • Duration: 23 Days/22 Nights
  • Level: strenuous
  • Cost: $3,450 per person on group size of 11-12 people
  • $3,850 per person on group size of 8-10 people
  • $4,250 per person on group size of 4-7 people
  • (Small group surcharge of $745 per person on group size of 3 people in addition to smallest tier)
  • Single Supplements: $150 per person on requested single. $75 on forced.
  • 2008 Dates: Jul 12-Aug 3
  • Custom/Private Guided Backpacking
  • Duration: based upon itinerary
  • Level: all
  • Cost: $425/Day for 1-2 people, $95/day for each additional person up to 6 people in Yosemite and Ansel Adam's Wilderness(Southern Yosemite).
  • Half Dome, Mt Whitney (Cottonwood), and remote Sequoia-Kings Canyon Backpacks: $495.00/Day for 1-2 people, $100/day each additional.
  • All private and custom trips include guide(s), permits, meals, and all equipment.
  • 2008 Dates: May through October

Fly Fishing

  • Fly Fishing Day Guides
  • Duration: daily, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Level: all
  • Cost: Private Guide for 1-2 people (daily rate-8 hours) $365, each person thereafter is $95 up to 4 pax total.
  • 1/2 day Private Guide for 1-2 people (9am to 1pm or 2pm to 6pm) $255; $65 per person thereafter up to 4 pax total
  • Dates: Daily, Year-round
  • Fly Fishing Weekends
  • Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
  • Level: all
  • Cost: $495
  • 2008 Dates: Jul 11-13, Aug 1-3(full)
  • Fly Fishing School
  • Duration: 3 Days
  • Level: all
  • Cost: $595
  • 2008 Dates: Aug 8-10, *Sep 26-28, Oct 3-5 *(October Caddis hatch trips)

Rock Climbing

  • Rock Climbing Day Guides
  • Duration: daily, year round 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Level: all levels
  • Cost: Private Guide for 1-2 people (daily rate-8 hours) $365, each additional participant up to 6 people $95
  • 1/2 day Private Guide for 1-2 people (9am to 1pm or 2pm to 6pm) $255, each additional participant up to 6 people $65
  • Dates: Daily, Year-round
  • Basic Rock Climbing Weekends
  • Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
  • Level: all levels
  • Cost: $445
  • 2008 Summer Dates: Yosemite High Country: May 23-25, Jun 6-8, Jul 11-13, Aug 1-3, Sep 19-21
  • 2007/2008 Winter Dates: Sierra Front Country: Call for available weekends on our 2 person minimum winter specials
  • Advanced Learn to Lead weekend
  • Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
  • Level: 5.8+ and up, bolted sport climbing.
  • Cost: $445
  • 2008 Summer Dates: Jun 27-29, Jul 25-27, Sep 12-14
  • Rock Camps
  • Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights
  • Level: Intermediate-Advanced
  • Cost: $895
  • 2008 Dates: Jun 16-20, Jul 7-11, Aug 11-15, Sep 1-5, Sep 22-26
  • Learning to Lead Rock Camps
  • Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights
  • Level: 5.7+ and up, bolted sport climbing.
  • Cost: $895
  • 2008 Dates: Jun 23-27, Jul 21-25, Aug 18-22, Sep 8-12

Mountaineering and Winter Trips

  • Snowshoe Winter Camping
  • Duration: 5 days/4 nights
  • Level: Moderate to strenuous
  • Cost: $795
  • 2008 Winter Dates: March 19-23
  • Basic Mountaineering
  • Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights
  • Level: Beginner/intermediate mountaineering.
  • Cost: $795
  • Spring 2008 Dates: May 14-18
  • El Pico de Orizaba (18,850')
  • Duration: 8 Days/7 Nights
  • Level: Strenuous hiking on scree, snow, and ice. Extreme altitude.
  • Cost: $1,995 per person on group size of 6-10 people
  • $2,395 per person on group size of 3-5 people
  • (Small group surcharge of $500 per person on group size of 2 people in addition to smallest tier)
  • 2008 Dates: Nov 29-Dec 6
  • Aconcagua (22,841')
  • Duration: 19 Days/18 Nights
  • Level: Strenuous
  • Cost: $3695 per person on group size of 8-10 people
  • $3995 per person on group size of 6-7 people
  • $4295 per person on group size of 4-5 people
  • 2009 Dates: Jan 6-24, 2009

Other Adventures

  • Wine and Wilderness Trip
  • Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights
  • Level: Leisurely
  • Cost: $1295
  • Dates: July 9-13: Jim O'Shea, Sterling Vineyards
  • July 16-20: Bradley Brown, winemaker extraordinaire from Big Basin Vineyards.
  • July 30-Aug 03: features Timothy Nordvedt from Bella Winery and their award winning Syrahs and Zinfandels.

Costa Rica

  • Costa Rica Multi-Sport
  • Duration: 10 Days/9 Nights
  • Level: Leisurely-moderate
  • Cost: 4-8 people: $2550.00 per person on double occupancy. 9-12 people: $2250.00 per person on double occupancy.
  • 2008 Dates: January 19-27, 2008

Student Programs

  • Guides Training Course
  • Duration: 21 days/20 nights
  • Level: advanced
  • Cost: $1,995
  • 2008 Dates: May 19-Jun 8, Sept 15-Oct 5.