The Yosemite Mountaineering School is offering a new Discovery Snowshoe Hike that departs from the Nordic Center. Park visitors will enjoy a guided three-hour snowshoe excursion with expert guides through fir and pine forests to Old Badger Pass summit, which features stunning views of the Clark Range and Yosemite’s high country. Discovery Snowshoe Hikes will be offered every Saturday and Sunday during the season at 1 p.m. The cost is $21 for adults and $11 for children including snowshoe rentals. The cost is $5 per person for individuals who have their own snowshoes.

“Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing offer visitors to Yosemite National Park the opportunity to venture into the winter landscape and learn about the natural wonders and unique characteristics that make winter in Yosemite so special,” said Badger Pass Ski Area General Manager Colin Baldock. “Our team is thrilled to offer a variety of guided snowshoe and cross-country skiing adventures suitable for all abilities and ages.”

Additional snow adventures offered through the Nordic Center at Badger Pass Ski Area include guided snowshoe hikes to Dewey Point, backcountry ski lessons and tour to Tempo Dome and a snowshoe excursion through the Merced Grove featuring ancient giant sequoia trees. Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at Yosemite offers guided full moon snowshoe walks at Badger Pass Ski Area when conditions permit. 

For online lodging reservations and information for Badger Pass Ski Area, visit YosemitePark.com or call 801-559-4949. To obtain 24-hour ski conditions, call 209-372-1000. The Badger Pass Ski Area shuttle to and from Yosemite Valley lodges will begin service on December 21, 2013.
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About Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts
Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts is an industry leader, providing Stewardship and Hospitality in Special Places (SM) with hotel, retail, food service, recreation and transportation operations at historic and scenic properties in North America and Australia. The company operates Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida; in Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Sequoia, Olympic (Kalaloch Lodge), Shenandoah and Yosemite national parks, including The Ahwahnee and other Yosemite lodges; The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake in Ohio; Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa in British Columbia; Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; and in Niagara Falls State Park. The company also owns and operates Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite; the Park Gate Lodges at Yellowstone, which are the West Yellowstone Holiday Inn, Gray Wolf Inn and Suites and Yellowstone Park Hotel, all in West Yellowstone, Mont.; and five luxury resorts in Australia: Lizard Island Resort, Heron Island Resort, Wilson Island Resort, Kings Canyon Resort and El Questro Homestead and Wilderness Park. To learn more about Delaware North Companies’ hospitality management expertise, visit www.DelawareNorth.com/Parks-and-Resorts.aspx or visit Facebook www.facebook.com/DelawareNorthCompanies.

About Delaware North Companies
Delaware North Companies is one of the largest and most admired privately held hospitality companies in the world. Founded and owned by the Jacobs family for nearly 100 years, it is a global leader in hospitality and food service. Its family of companies includes Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services, Delaware North Companies Sportservice, Delaware North Companies International and Delaware North Companies Boston, owner of TD Garden. Delaware North Companies has revenue exceeding $2.7 billion annually and 55,000 associates serving half a billion customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, visit www.DelawareNorth.com.

Media Contact:
Lisa Cesaro, Public Relations
DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, Inc.
209-372-1445
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