Mountain Air Sports Improvements 2010

Each year our "little family raft business" makes improvements to better serve you. Truckee River Rafting should be enjoyed, as the river is amazing. We like to do our small part to make a difference.

This year, we built new steps from the waters edge to the walkway and shuttle bus at River Ranch Pond.

We have redesigned our launch site/life jacket and paddle area for better people flow.

New rafts have been added to replace some of the older ones.

We have also purchased a new shuttle van which replaced an older 15 passenger van.

One of our biggest improvements is our new web page, by Web Marketing Therapy which is being expanded as I write this blog post!

All very, very exciting!!

I'll have more updates in the next couple days.

Truckee River Rafting questions?

One of our most frequently asked questions pre-season is... When are you going to open rafting for the Truckee River (in Tahoe City) for the summer?

The answer is... When there's enough water in the river! Simple, right!?

Well, not exactly.

Lake Tahoe is considered a reservoir and is monitored and controlled in Tahoe City by the Federal Watermaster in Reno, Nevada. The Watermaster monitors several other lake heights and stream flows in the area also. When stream and river flows reach certain levels, the Watermaster will then regulate, at the lake outlets, to keep flows at federally mandated levels. The long and short of it is, we have to wait until the Watermaster opens the gates at the Tahoe City Dam (Fanny Bridge) to a hopefully perfect river flow. The Watermaster does not know an exact date he will release water but will call us a few days in advance.

So we wait patiently, on the edge of our rafts, for the "phone call".

The call is usually sometime in June!

Just check our blog. We'll let you know as soon as we know!

Great Tahoe travel website

I wanted to share a great website for the Tahoe area. Tahoetopia.com has everything the Tahoe travler needs to know, from weather, dining, events and news, upcoming happenings and more. What I like the best about the site are the videos and webcams. Visit Tahoetopia.com and come see us on the Truckee River this summer!