Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides / 1-800-231-4575
SYMG Trip List:
Yosemite Adventure, Hiking, & Backpacking Vacations
- Day Guides: Travel with a naturalist guide 'off the beaten path' through Yosemite's majestic landscape of waterfalls, high peaks, cascading streams, and lush meadows.
- Hiking Weekends: Experience the beauty of days spent hiking in the Yosemite backcountry, while staying at our high camp.
- Ansel Adams Wilderness High Sierra Camp: An ideal family adventure-gear packed in with mules!
- High Tour: Pristine lakes, granite peaks, tumbling freestone streams, and blue sky dominate the landscape on this dramatic backpacking trip in the Yosemite backcountry.
- Alpine Lakes: Remote timberline lakes, spectacular views of the Sierra Crest, and an itinerary geared towards exploration of this seemingly untouched landscape.
- Mt. Conness: Come climb a peak! Mt. Conness, along the northeastern border of Yosemite Nat'l Park is considered one of the best kept secrets of the area.
- Mountain Skills Seminar: Taking backpacking to new levels, our Mountain Skills Backpacking trip is designed to teach skills necessary for off trail hiking, early or late season trips, for peak climbing, and as a preparation for mountaineering trips.
- Yosemite High Passes Loop: The high country lakes, peaks, and passes of Yosemite are truly spectacular and on this 50 mile loop, we'll hike deep into the heart of this alpine environment.
- Yosemite Grand Traverse:
This backpack trip is a real stunner with highlights including a Half Dome ascent, a section of the John Muir Trail, a tour of Yosemite Valley and a nearly 60-mile hiking traverse through the heart of Yosemite.
- Trans-Sierra Trail to Mt. Whitney: A grand crossing of the Sierra Nevada through Sequoia Nat'l Park, culminating in an ascent of Mt. Whitney from the west, coupled with dramatic hiking deep in the wilderness makes this backpacking trip one of our most spectacular adventures.
- John Muir Trail: Outside Magazine rated hiking the JMT with SYMG as one of the 50 greatest trips in the world. It spans 212 miles from Yosemite National Park to Mt. Whitney along the crest of the famed Sierra Nevada. Porter guides hike in 4 re-supplies of food during the journey, making the pack weight manageable each section.
- Day Guides: Hiring a private guide is one of the best ways to develop specific skills, climb many routes in a day, learn to lead climb, try rock climbing for the first time, or just get to know an area new to you.
- Basic Rock Climbing Weekends: Small groups, tent camps near the climbing areas, and a program designed to cater to all levels of climbers make these trips a great way to spend a weekend in Yosemite.
- Advanced Rock Climbing Weekend Trips: Breaking the 5.10 Barrier: The Breaking the 5.10/5.11 Barrier weekends are designed for intermediate to advanced climbers that want to take their climbing to the next level. With a high guide to client ratio, you are assured to get the most out of your weekend.
- Advanced Learn to Lead Weekend: The Advanced Learn to Lead Weekend courses are a great way to make the transition from leading at the gym to leading outdoors. While in Southern Yosemite you will climb on spectacular alpine granite, with wonderful views of the Sierra.
- Rock Camps: Take your skills a step further. Learn anchors, leading principles, AMGA standards for top ropes, advanced techniques and multipitch systems. Small groups, expert guides, and a lot of great climbing.
- Learn to Lead Camp: SYMG's expert guides will teach you lead climbing techniques, lead belaying, rope handling skills, building and cleaning sport anchors. Our professional guides have spent years perfecting their rock climbing skills all over the world and look forward to teaching you about lead climbing and sharing their experiences with you.
- Day Guides: A day guide for wade fishing or float tubing is an excellent way to learn new skills and maximize your time in the Yosemite area.
- Weekends: On this trip we'll fish a stream one day and an alpine lake on the other. All beginning fly fishing instruction is covered while focus is on still water and stream techniques, locating fish, nymphing and dry fly fishing.
- Fly Fishing School: SYMG's Yosemite Fly Fishing School is a 3 day course in fly fishing. Set in Yosemite National Park, our classroom will be the Merced & Tuolomne Rivers in Yosemite.
- Fly Fish Utah's Green River: The canyon country of Utah sets the backdrop for this scenic spot. The wildlife is as plentiful as the fish population.
- Fly Fish Idaho and Montana's Henry's Fork and Madison Rivers: The Blue Ribbon Henry's Fork River and the Madison River are both considered two of the best trout streams in America. The consistency of good fishing coupled with size of the fish caught make both of these rivers very exciting and rewarding places to fly-fish.
- Snowshoe Winter Camping: This trip is designed to give an overview of backcountry Winter travel, including snow-camping, meal preparation, snow-conditions analysis, winter travel on skis or snowshoes, route finding, etc.
- Basic Mountaineering: The high country lakes and peaks of the Ansel Adam's Wilderness/Yosemite high country are truly spectacular--this trip takes you deep in the heart of this alpine environment to learn basic mountaineering.
- El Pico de Orizaba (18,850'): International climbing & travel, culture , and a climb up the 3rd highest mountain in N. America, El Pico de Orizaba.
- Aconcagua (22,841'): International climbing & travel, culture, and a climb up the highest mountain in the Western hemisphere and highest outside of Asia. Aconcagua is also one of the famous "7 summits."
- About Student Programs: With a guiding staff equally experienced in working with both adults and student groups in technical skills, natural history, ecology, land sciences, interpersonal communication, and group dynamics.
- Guides Training Course: This course is about becoming a well rounded guide and learning a profession in addition to the individual mountain skills. It is our goal, when you complete this course, to be able to secure a job as a guide anywhere in the world with the skills you've learned.
- About Corporate Events: During the months of July, August and September, SYMG offers corporate groups single and multi-day programs in the pristine high country of Sierra National Forest, Yosemite National Park, and the Ansel Adams Wilderness. One of our most popular itineraries is a weekend program which can include hiking, rock climbing, and fly fishing.
- High Sierra Singer-Songwriters Workshop: This unique trip combines the breathtaking beauty of California's Ansel Adams Wilderness with the opportunity to learn from and play music with some amazing singer-songwriters.
- Wilderness Photography Workshops: A unique backpacking experience that has your gear and food packed into the first camp allowing you the time and ease to photograph along the way.
- Women's Backpacking Course in the Wilderness of the Sierra Nevada: Guided by Heidi Vetter who spent 82 days solo hiking the Sierra, this course is an amalgamation of her skills and experiences that she hopes to pass on to other women, inspiring them to find their own sense of stillness in nature. Moderate hiking daily, this course is designed to impart the skills you need to make yourself at home in the wilderness.
- Wine and Wilderness: To kick off the 2008 series join James O'Shea, manager of the Acacia Vineyard, Moon Mountain Vineyard, and Sterling Vineyards tasting rooms on July 9-13. Jim will offer his wit and wisdom while pairing an array of wines to our tantalizing dinners all served around a blazing campfire in the mountain range John Muir aptly called "The Range of Light."
- About Costa Rica Multi-Sport Trip: The months of November-February are Costa Rica's dry season. Costa Rica is a diverse country with many eco-systems, lovely people, and adventures at
every turn! We will visit the countries' rainforest jungle, coastline, and
highlands on this trip. There is so much to do in this country that it is
hard to see if it all in one trip, but our 9-day adventure is designed to
give you the best of the people, the diverse beauty and wildlife, and the
exciting adventures Costa Rica has to offer.
- About Private and Custom Trips: Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides trips are all available for private groups, and we plan custom itineraries for individuals and groups alike all year. Many of our trips only require 4-6 people to make the trip a "private" trip, and the trip cost remains the same. A "private" trip means that the trip is exclusively for you and your family, friends, or your group.
- About Hike for Discovery: At SYMG, we are honored to be chosen by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) in 2006 to be their official adventure outfitter and partner for the Hike for Discovery Yosemite program. We will be bringing the same care, professionalism and enthusiasm that we are famous for throughout the entire Sierra to these wonderful events.