Mouthwatering Meals

Eat well with our home cooked meals prepared in our large commercial kitchen. Always using fresh ingredients, you’ll enjoy every mouthwatering bite.

Mother Lode takes great strides to improve the quality and sustainability of our kitchen. All of our meals will be made with the freshest, best tasting ingredients, using organic products whenever possible.

Our kitchen has partnered with local homestead farmers to recycle our food waste. Their homestead hogs will benefit from the food scraps! Our goal this year is to eliminate 50% of the garbage waste from our kitchen.

Breakfast Options

  • French toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, home fries and fresh fruit
  • Buttermilk blueberry pancakes, eggs, home fries, sausage and fresh fruit
  • Build-your-own breakfast burrito bar, fresh fruit
  • Fresh vegetable frittatas, fresh fruit,

Lunch Options

  • Sandwiches (deli-style) Your choice of bread, turkey, chicken, and salami cold cuts, several cheeses, fresh tomatoes, bell peppers, lettuce, cucumbers, pickles, onion, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, pesto, hummus, mayo, mustard and hot sauces of different persuasions, plus fresh fruit, chips and/or crackers, cookies, and lemonade.

Dinner Options

  • Chicken Picatta, Leek mushroom and lemon risotto, fresh salad, garlic bread
  • Made from scratch Pizza, you choose the toppings, fresh salad, garlic bread
  • Build your own burrito bar, chips and salsa,
  • Pasta with marinara or pesto or italian sausage marinara, veggie saute, fresh salad, garlic bread

The facility was great – casual enough so everyone could run around and play freely, yet comfortable too. Flush toilets, hot-water showers, tent cabins with wooden floors off the dirt, cots all set up: the most luxurious ‘camping’ I’ve ever done!

Raft and Camp on the American River

South Fork American River Rafting

The West Coast's Most Popular Class III River

North Fork American River

Advanced Class IV+ Spring Rafting

Middle Fork American River

California’s Most Popular Class IV Whitewater

Introductory Packrafting Clinic at Mother Lode River Center

New Activity

Celebrate our 50th Anniversary with deep discounts on rafting & more!

Special 50th Anniversary Ropes and Rafting Events

Join us on  for a thrilling half-day of high ropes and rafting—no minimum group size required! Celebrate with us and book your adventure now!

Event Dates: June 15th, June 22, July 20th, July 27th, August 10th, August 17th