YES...THAT'S RIGHT! FREE PHOTO ONLY WHEN YOU MENTION THIS BLOG!
Make a reservation online or by phone and get one free professional 6x8 color photo as you depart from our dock. It's a $15 value and it's free! BUT, you have to mention it at the time you make your reservation.
We know it's an insane deal...
Monday, August 2, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
NEW $10 OFF PER PERSON
GREAT GROUP RATES FOR 15 OR MORE ADULTS WITH ADVANCE RESERVATIONS!!!!
Just give us a call to get this special discount and mention you saw it on our blog site!
Now with higher water... we offer a great family experience.
Talk to Sydney, Hillary, Paige or Tara for all your reservation questions and to book a fun ride!
Just give us a call to get this special discount and mention you saw it on our blog site!
Now with higher water... we offer a great family experience.
Talk to Sydney, Hillary, Paige or Tara for all your reservation questions and to book a fun ride!
MORE WATER TODAY!!!!!
The Truckee River flow is now at 300 cfs. This is such great news!!!
It's now an almost PERFECT flow... we are SO happy :)
All of us at Truckee River Rafting Mountain Air Sports are smiling.
It's now an almost PERFECT flow... we are SO happy :)
All of us at Truckee River Rafting Mountain Air Sports are smiling.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Syd taking calls right and left!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
BUSY...BUSY...BUSY!!!!
Truckee River Rafting Mountain Air Sports is busy...
Be sure to make an advance reservation and save $5 off each adult and child between 6-12.
Save $7 off before 9:30 (early bird special)
Go online at http://www.tahoetruckeerafting.com/ or call toll free at (888) 584-7238... 584-RAFT and talk to one of our friendly sales staff to book a trip or just get information!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!
Today would have been my dads 81st birthday. He is the reason Truckee River Rafting-Mountain Air Sports is here today, after 37 years!
Thanks dad! Thanks for watching over us:)
Thanks dad! Thanks for watching over us:)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
OPEN TODAY!!!!!!
Truckee River Rafting with Mountain Air Sports is OPEN today for the summer season!!!!!
PLASTIC OR STAINLESS?
Would you choose disposable plastic water bottles or reusable stainless steel water bottles?
...if a plastic bottle was $3. and the stainless steel bottle was $4.?
...if you could fill up your stainless steel bottle as many times as you like from our 9 stage filter system for free?
...if you knew that you would be helping to reduce plastic in our landfills and river?
...if you could have a cool reusable bottle with our famous riverman logo on it?
Sunday, July 11, 2010
OPENING!!!!!
YES... you heard it right!
The watermaster in Reno called us this morning and said he will start releasing more water, starting today with 20cfs. That brings the total to about 90cfs. We can open with a very minimal flow of 150cfs...
Each day he will release more to reach our hopeful and perfect 300cfs. The good news is that we may be open tomorrow.
Unfortunately, we won't know until tomorrow morning.
So, stay tuned! We'll update in the A.M.
The watermaster in Reno called us this morning and said he will start releasing more water, starting today with 20cfs. That brings the total to about 90cfs. We can open with a very minimal flow of 150cfs...
Each day he will release more to reach our hopeful and perfect 300cfs. The good news is that we may be open tomorrow.
Unfortunately, we won't know until tomorrow morning.
So, stay tuned! We'll update in the A.M.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
No Fourth of July Opening :(
Nope...
Well, I'm sorry to inform everyone that we will not be open for the holiday... the Watermaster in Reno says we still have too much runoff lower on the river past Truckee. That means we need to wait a couple more days.
We are hoping by middle to end of next week we should be open.
Keep your fingers crossed!!!
Thanks for being patient,
All of us at Truckee River Rafting with Mountain Air Sports
Well, I'm sorry to inform everyone that we will not be open for the holiday... the Watermaster in Reno says we still have too much runoff lower on the river past Truckee. That means we need to wait a couple more days.
We are hoping by middle to end of next week we should be open.
Keep your fingers crossed!!!
Thanks for being patient,
All of us at Truckee River Rafting with Mountain Air Sports
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Opening Day Update
The big question of the day?
Is still...
"When are you opening for the season?"
The problem we've had this year is a late snow melt. We've been stuck in cool winterish weather, not allowing for upper elevation runoff. This means that there is still too much water entering the Truckee River below the Tahoe City dam, which is where we are. There is a Federally mandated amount of water which needs to be exactly 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) past the Floriston Station, about 30 miles away from us. When the smaller creeks and streams subside and the flow at Floriston falls below the legal 500cfs point, the Federal Watermaster in Reno will release more water from the Tahoe City dam to meet the 500cfs demand.
We'll keep waiting for a phone call from the Watermaster's office... ready to open our doors, in an instant, so that we may all enjoy rafting and playing on the Truckee River!
So when do we think that day is??? We're calculating sometime between July 7th to the 14th. We just don't know exactly.
Sorry for the bad news
Is still...
"When are you opening for the season?"
The problem we've had this year is a late snow melt. We've been stuck in cool winterish weather, not allowing for upper elevation runoff. This means that there is still too much water entering the Truckee River below the Tahoe City dam, which is where we are. There is a Federally mandated amount of water which needs to be exactly 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) past the Floriston Station, about 30 miles away from us. When the smaller creeks and streams subside and the flow at Floriston falls below the legal 500cfs point, the Federal Watermaster in Reno will release more water from the Tahoe City dam to meet the 500cfs demand.
We'll keep waiting for a phone call from the Watermaster's office... ready to open our doors, in an instant, so that we may all enjoy rafting and playing on the Truckee River!
So when do we think that day is??? We're calculating sometime between July 7th to the 14th. We just don't know exactly.
Sorry for the bad news
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Employee Orientation
Today was Employee Orientation Day here at Truckee River Rafting with Mountain Air Sports!
We had a GREAT turnout with the sun shinning on our launch site in Tahoe City. Almost 40 eager, job seekers sat ready to listen to our once a year kick-off speech. We started with everyone stating their name and where they were from.
After about an hour we concluded with a "respect the river" and "give thanks to the river" segment. We would not be here if it wasn't for our beautiful Truckee River flowing from the gates of Lake Tahoe.
Now we wait for the phone call from the watermasters office in Reno, telling us the day the gates will open!
Happy summer to everyone!!!
We had a GREAT turnout with the sun shinning on our launch site in Tahoe City. Almost 40 eager, job seekers sat ready to listen to our once a year kick-off speech. We started with everyone stating their name and where they were from.
After about an hour we concluded with a "respect the river" and "give thanks to the river" segment. We would not be here if it wasn't for our beautiful Truckee River flowing from the gates of Lake Tahoe.
Now we wait for the phone call from the watermasters office in Reno, telling us the day the gates will open!
Happy summer to everyone!!!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Tahoe Dining - River Grill, Tahoe City
The Mountain Air Sports team gets asked about more than Truckee River rafting questions.Over the years, we often become unofficial tour guides for the Tahoe area.
For the "where to eat in Tahoe City?" question we always recommend dining at the River Grill.
The River Grill in Tahoe City offers riverfront dining (year round) and features California cuisine.
River Grill is used for events, weddings and has an elegant main room perfect for special gatherings.
Dining Al fresco in Tahoe is the way to do it! Happy dining!
The River Grill in Tahoe City offers riverfront dining (year round) and features California cuisine.
River Grill is used for events, weddings and has an elegant main room perfect for special gatherings.Dining Al fresco in Tahoe is the way to do it! Happy dining!
The River Grill is open 7 days a week.
Happy Hour runs from 5:00 to 6:30 and all night every Sunday and Monday.
Dinner is served nightly from 5:30 to 9:30.
For dinner reservations, call (530) 581-2644 www.rivergrilletahoe.com
Happy Hour runs from 5:00 to 6:30 and all night every Sunday and Monday.
Dinner is served nightly from 5:30 to 9:30.
For dinner reservations, call (530) 581-2644 www.rivergrilletahoe.com
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.
Tahoe Employment for 2010 Summer Season
Attention Tahoe/Truckee job seekers:
We will be having an orientation and job fair June 13, 2010 at our raft launch site in Tahoe City.
Past employees and new applicants can come and meet us and ask questions. Rich, Jen, Judy and myself (Ryan aka Riverman) will be here to welcome back all the old crew and prospective new applicants!
Hope to see you this Sunday at 55 West Lake Blvd. next to the River Grill and Dam Cafe at 10:00 a.m. Any questions... please call my cell at (805) 698-2200
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!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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!
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