SIGNATURE SERIES | PRIVATE & CUSTOM

Private Yosemite Adventures, Designed Just for You

No fixed departures. No strangers. Just a Yosemite adventure designed entirely around your group.

Private, guide-led trips in Yosemite and the Sierra, shaped to who's coming, how far you want to go, and where you want to wake up.

WHAT SIGNATURE IS

The same mountains we know best, just for you.

No fixed dates, no strangers in the group.

A private trip for you and the people you choose, led by a guide who knows the Sierra, planned around what you actually want from your days out.

You tell us what you're dreaming about. We handle everything else.

Why Travelers Choose Signature by Alpinistas

Every itinerary is designed around your interests, pace and goals.

Completely Customized

No strangers. No rushing. Just your group.

Private Guide

Local Yosemite Expertise

We don’t guide around the world. We specialize exclusively in Yosemite.

Permits, logistics, gear recommendations, and planning support.

Handled For You

Thoughtful details that elevate your adventures from start to finish.

Premium Experience

Day hikes, camping, backpacking, sightseeing, or a combination.

Flexible Adventures

"What I love most is the that everything is planned out. I literally just needed to pack some things and show up."

— Jane

"Everything—from permits to meals—was handled before we even arrived."

— Reita

"It felt like having Yosemite to ourselves!"

— Sam

HOW IT WORKS

From idea to trailhead.

1. Tell Us

Who's coming, roughly when, and what kind of trip you're imagining.

2. We Shape It

We propose a route, format, and the days — built to your party.

3. We Handle It

Permits, camp, food, gear, timing. All of it ours to arrange.

4. You Go

You show up. We've taken care of everything else.

A private trip is for people who'd rather have it their way than join someone else's.

A couple. A few friends. A family that hikes.

A small group making memories.

You don't need to be an expert but you want the Sierra on your own terms, with someone who knows it handling the parts you'd rather not.

You set the level.

We've taken beginners on their first night out and fastpackers deep into the backcountry.

The trip bends to you, not the other way around.

Signature is Perfect For

✓ Couples celebrating an anniversary

✓ Families wanting a private guide

✓ Friends traveling together

✓ International visitors

✓ Beginner backpackers

✓ Experienced hikers wanting a custom High Sierra route

WHAT EVERY SIGNATURE TRIP INCLUDES

  • Experienced, professional with wilderness medicine safety credentials.

  • Fully customized trip to match the experience that you are dreaming of.

  • Let us do what we do best. Logistics, planning and ensuring all proper wilderness permits are secured.

  • Whether it is a dinner on the trail, at camp or just local recommendations if you're lodging on your own.

  • We have the gear to make your trip not only supported but comfortable and safe as well.

You bring your people.

We bring the rest.

THREE WAYS TO DO IT

Pick how you want to spend the nights.

  • Lodge Supported - You sleep where you choose, no camping or backpacking.

    Private guided days on the trail — we handle the route, the pace, the local knowledge, and get you onto the best of Yosemite and the Sierra.

    At night you're back in your own hotel, cabin, or rental.

    For the party that wants a real guide by day and a real bed at night.

    Begins at $5,995 · 3 days, for two travelers

  • Car Camping · We set up the campground, you settle in.

    The overnight outdoor experience, fully handled. We set the camp, cook the meals, guide the days — you get the fire, the stars, and the early light without the logistics.

    Comfortable, in the real outdoors, none of the work.

    For the party that wants to sleep outside without setting any of it up.

    Begins at $6,495 · 3 days, for two travelers

  • Backcountry Experience - You hike in, you earn it.

    The deep version. Into the backcountry on foot, carrying what you need, sleeping where few people go.

    Led, provisioned, and planned so you can focus on the walking and the wild — the most immersive trip we run.

    For the party that wants the real backcountry experience under the stars.

    Begins at $7,495 · 3 days, for two travelers

START THE CONVERSATION

Tell us what you’re thinking.

Every Signature itinerary is tailored to your group.

After reviewing your request, we'll recommend the best format and provide a personalized proposal.

The premium and softer side of outdoor travel.

Why Upgrade to Signature?

Standard trips are incredible for travelers who enjoy joining a small group and choosing from scheduled departures.

Signature is different.

It's for travelers who want Yosemite designed around their own pace, interests, travel dates, culinary preferences and people—with every detail thoughtfully planned from the first conversation to the final trail.

For Your Outside.

Who We Are

We've spent more than two decades, combined, in the Sierra Nevada living, working, guiding, climbing, and learning Yosemite the slow way, season by season. Most of the year we run Alpinistas Adventures trips for people who want the boot beating treks & ultimate summits.

This is the premium and softer side of outdoor travel.

Same mountains, same knowledge but built around comfort, good food, and being looked after. It started with a simple idea our founder kept having on her own trips: time outside shouldn't always mean roughing & toughing it, and the details are what you remember.

So we built the trip we'd want to be on.