Coloma Shuttle

11/20/2025

Hi Boaters...

First, thanks again for ALL of the emails, notes and letters of support. We're sending those off this week. Much appreciated.

And, as most of you know, we temporarily lost our long-time driver - Michael - to an unfortunate accident earlier this summer when he fell off of the upper platform on one of our trailers. Michael has recovered enough that he can now resume driving for us...and for you. But, again unfortunately, we just had another incident this past weekend with aecond driver who was injured loading a cataraft. In the 13 years of our operating the Coloma Shuttle we have never had any instances of our drivers getting injured...and now we have two.

We have been in discussions with our insurer about these incidents, and I have personally spent a good amount of time touching base with many of you as to what we can do to safely continue bringing inflatable craft - rafts, cats, iks - both to and from the river. The bottom line is that from all of these discussions we have determined that the safest way to load all of our craft - both for our drivers and our riders - is to have all inflatable boats deflated prior to loading them on the platform, and we can no longer have our drivers climb up to the platform to load and secure or unload that gear. That will now be the responsibility of the boat owners/operators themselves.

Our website Terms and Conditions page is being amended, and will now include the following: "Please note that ALL inflatable rafts must be deflated prior to loading them. Also note that our drivers are not allowed to be on the deck to load or unload your gear, and you will need to manage that yourself. We will provide straps for securing your gear."

We recognize that this is a significant change from our current protocols, but we know that as boaters and river recreationalists we can - and will - work together to continue to offer our service to our entire boating community.

Sincerely,
Nate Rangel
Coordinator
Coloma Shuttle

11/17/2022

Hi Boaters...

Well...this weekend is our last for the year. We've very few seats available for the two morning shuttles, but LOADS of seats still open for the two afternoon shuttles. So, go online here:

https://colomashuttle.com/

You can check availability and reserve your seats. Great water, great weather and leave the driving to us. We look forward to seeing you!

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11/10/2022

Hi Boaters….

Two more weekends before our winter shutdown. This coming weekend we have almost no riders for any one of our three shuttles on both Saturday and Sunday. The weather, though cool, is forecast to be mostly sunny. So, if you’d like to go boating and let us do the driving please go online and sign up. We’ll need at least six riders to run any of those shuttles.

Hope we’ll see you Saturday and/or Sunday.

Oh…..and to reserve you can click here:

https://colomashuttle.com/reservations/Coloma Shuttle

And to see what’s available click here:

https://colomashuttle.com/availability/530-303-2404

09/23/2022

Gold Rush Live is just around the corner. October 8th & 9th, 2022. There is a $10.00 parking fee at Marshall. The Coloma Shuttle will offer free shuttle rides from Sierra Rizing Cafe to the Museum at 11:00am & 12:00pm with a final return run at 2:00pm. Come check out this family-friendly event. The kids will love it.

08/25/2022

Okay, I said it last week and I feel the need to make sure I say it again this week.

We are super busy and we love it. PLEASE - ALL available vans are up online for this weekend if you want a seat book it now, as they won’t be around for long.

For Saturday, August 27th we are down to 1 van worth of seats on most of our shuttles. Do you want a ride to Chili Bar? I only have 11 seats left available between the 8 & 10 shuttles. You better book it now as they will be gone soon.

I also have seats available on all 3 runs for Friday, 8/26 shuttles are up online now. Are you looking to boat midweek? Don’t forget to book your seat.

www.colomashuttle.com/reservations to make your booking
www.colomshuttle.com/availabity to see what is still open

Just a friendly reminder if you call me and you get my voicemail. There is a good chance I am driving one of the shuttles. I will return your call as soon as I can, I promise. Unless it is on a Wednesday, that is my day off, and I will return your call on Thursday.

12/10/2021

Christmas In Coloma is back for 2021! Join us December 11 and 12 at Marshall Gold Discovery SHP from 10:00am-4:00pm each day.

We will have vendors for you to shop from, horse carriage rides, visits with Santa, kids crafts, music and wreath making.

We will also be opening up many of the historic buildings for touring. Wristbands to tour the houses may be purchased for $5.00 the day of the event at the welcome tables. Wristbands will gain you entry into the decorated houses where park docents will tell you the history of the house and the family that lived there.

The Gold Discovery Park Association will be selling hot pour over coffee, hot cider and chocolate, caramel apples, hot dogs, hamburgers, chili, clam chowder and nachos. Come hungry and ready to spend time with our local community enjoying the holiday spirit!

Questions please call the museum at (530) 622-3470.

02/07/2020

Hey BOATERS - I have a Chili Bar shuttle on Sunday 2/9/20 with seats open if you want a ride up to the put-in go online and book your seat at www.colomashuttle.com/reservations Cost $10.00 per person includes your gear, departs HLP at 9:15 & Marshall at 9:30

Online reservations must be completed at least 1.5 hours before the shuttle pick-up time. (Some shuttles have an earlier cut-off.) After the cut-off we recommend that you call our office at 530-303-2404 to find out what seats might be available.

01/16/2020

SAVE THE DATE June 2, 2020, Tuesday. South Fork Fest is back at Earthtrek 5:30-10:00pm. More details to come in the following months. Currently, we are looking for volunteers to help with Auction Item solicitations.

11/15/2019

Another wonderful weekend coming up on the SFA. What are you doing this weekend? We have our 9:00 Chili Bar & 11:30 Gorge up online for your bookings.

Online reservations must be completed at least 1.5 hours before the shuttle pick-up time. (Some shuttles have an earlier cut-off.) After the cut-off we recommend that you call our office at 530-303-2404 to find out what seats might be available.