Your staff did a great job on our ropes course … helping everyone to understand their place in the team dynamic. Thanks for a wonderful day and a true team bonding experience!—
Activities really surpassed our expectations. Our team was pushed and challenged in ways we never had before — awesome!—
We loved Mother Lode! The activities were well balanced and the food was great. The counselors were attentive to the dynamics of the groups, helping shyer kids to speak out. Also, you have a great location.—
Mother Lode River Center offered our students a variety of activities that allowed them to work cooperatively. One of the my students commented that this was ‘the best field trip ever!’ I would definitely bring my students again.—
I want to thank you for the awesome trip to Mother Lode. I had a terrific time and you guys were really fun. Climbing the wall, walking across the log, and going for the leap of faith was a great experience. The food was very yummy and camping out in the tents was a blast. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did!—
Our day doing the low and high ropes was excellent! I thought each of our challenges was indeed challenging but none were impossible — the perfect degree of difficulty for our group. Our leaders — Randy and Scottie — did a great job of communicating our tasks and then discussing our successes and processes we used — helping everyone to understand and learn more about herself and her place in the team dynamic. The day was very beneficial to us all and this is something I would definitely do with our team again! Thanks for a wonderful day and a true teambuilding experience!—
Everything was absolutely wonderful from intro-phone calls with staff, to directions/waiver forms etc. (having those emailers was helpful) to the facilitators (Randy & Scottie) and the entire day… awesome! Our team loved it, as did the coaches! We got even that much closer as a team because of this event. Everyone benefited. I would AND WILL bring our team again in a heartbeat. The activities surpassed my/our expectations — we were all pushed/challenged in ways we never had before — awesome! Really, everything was wonderful. Your site is gorgeous, the tents/fire are perfectly placed… this was something that I will tell all of my friends about. Thank you so very much — I think our players learned a lot about themselves and each other, i.e. how we CAN conquer fears, how much we all encourage and support each other, who our leaders are… WOW, THANK YOU!!—
Dear Mother Lode River Center Staff,—
Our experience at Mother Lode was fantastic. From the moment we got off the bus, to the last wave goodbye, our stay was all about us. The staff was kind and helpful
Once again, five years running, you are all awesome!! We love your personable staff. See you next year!—
I just wanted to send a note to let you and your awesome crew know that we had an absolute blast on Saturday. Your guide specialists (Mike, Courtney, Scotty, and Evan) were so friendly and down to earth, encouraging, funny, and experts at their jobs. Everyone in our group thoroughly enjoyed the experience and raved about it afterward. I can’t say enough good things about our experience with your wonderful crew and the exciting challenges we had. Thank you for making my husband’s 50th birthday a day he’ll never forget!—
Over the weekend I was there with the living social trip. I wanted to let you guys know that i had a great time and how wonder full the staff was the was working with us. Its refreshing to see people that are happy dealing with people and enjoy what they were doing. They were upbeat and very encouraging with the roping climbing course. I had Willie as our rafting guide, and he really made the rafting trip fun and enjoyable. He really knew the river and knew how to make it fun for everybody on the raft. Also his knowledge of the area and the history was great. He was really good at getting everybody on the raft to trust him. So if you can pass this on to the right people that would be great. Once again Thank you for a great weekend!!!!!—
We spent a day at the River Center with a large group of people with a wide range of prior experiences. The staff were great in making all feel safe while helping us push up against our comfort-zone boundaries. We spent the morning on the ropes course and the afternoon on the River. Nice lunch in between and delicious dinner that night. Relaxing evening and full breakfast before sending us on our way the next morning. Very professional but also paid a lot of attention to making sure all had a good time. Many thanks! We’ll be back!
“Amazing Adventure!!!”My wife and I decided to go on an adventure for our 8 year anniversary and Mother Lode was definitely the right choice. We started the day with a fun and challenging ropes course led by one of our fantastic guides Austin. After giving a very detailed safety presentation we were off to walk across a balance beam suspended 20+ feet in the air, tackle the climbing wall with varying levels of difficulty and last the two person obstacle. My wife and I had to balance on a cable while trying to get across the apparatus with only each other and a pole every to grab onto every 10 feet. The difficult part is the poles get farther apart the further down the obstacle you go. It was an exhilarating and very rewarding experience. Just when we thought the ropes course couldn’t get any more fun, we were introduced to the zip line. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of flying through the air between trees with dozens of people watching from underneath.The second half of our day was white water rafting with another of Mother Lode’s amazing guides Lulu. She did an excellent job of giving us a thorough safety debrief that was both informative and humorous. This was our first time to go white water rafting but it will definitely not be our last. Lulu did an excellent job of steering the raft so that we would approach every rapid just right to enjoy the thrill without jeopardizing the safety of the paddlers. Lulu was also a great source of entertainment during the time between the rapids. Overall my wife and I could not think of a better way to celebrate our 8 year anniversary than with Mother Lode and we will definitely be back in the future.— , Forth Worth TX
Mother Lode: Super friendly people who ran a great show from beginning to end. The staff that led the rafting trips were the same people who guided the ropes courses (zip lining, pipe line, leap of faith, rock wall and one other I can’t remember.) Everyone had positive and friendly vibes who knew what to say and do to calm your nerves or encourage your own. On the water, all the guides looked out for one another’s boat staying behind to assist if people fell out and I really enjoyed seeing and feeling that sense of camaraderie.— , San Jose
Exciting Whitewater Rafting, Fantastic Ropes Course, and Amazing Guides. I went to Mother Lode as part of a company trip. I had a wonderful experience at Mother Lode River Center, you could definitely tell they were willing to go that extra mile to make sure everyone had a good time.— , San Francisco, CA
What an amazing time rafting. I’ve done quite a few white water adventures with various companies, but Mother Load gets highest marks and my 100% personal recommendation! Start to finish, everything on this 2 day river rafting adventure and ropes course challenges was perfect. Well done Mother Load!— , Cloverdale
