Adventure seekers enjoy the rush of riding through whitewater rapids with such ominous names as Jaws and Pinball along the Truckee River. Writer Tim Hauserman joined Tahoe Whitewater Tours recently and shares his exciting adventure in this edition. While the rafters are enjoying the cool waters of the Truckee, Hauserman says that photographer Chris Mortimer “gets a workout rushing from place to place to get the perfect shot as you pile through the rapids or flow underneath the Boca Bridge. He will present you with a CD of photos just a few minutes after you come off the bus.” | 4Tribes.org
Reaping the rewards of winter snows
The Tahoe region enjoyed 376 of inches of snow fall this winter, and we’re now enjoying the benefits of that snowpack. As warm waters melt the snowpack, Lake Tahoe has risen above its natural rim, local reservoirs are refilling and the Truckee River is flowing at its highest in years (visit TheTahoeWeekly.com for Mark McLaughlin’s recap on the winter snowpack). This is good news for our local habitats, wetlands and our fisheries, but it’s also good for summer fun, as Tim Hauserman recently discovered on a whitewater trip down the Truckee River for his story “Riding the rapids on the Truckee.”
I’ve been on that same trip more than two dozen times through the years, and I can tell you from personal experience that there’s nothing more refreshing as swimming in calm, cool pools on a hot, summer day or as exhilarating as paddling through the Class III rapids.
Our fishing columnist Bruce Ajari has been excited, as well, for the rising water on the Truckee River and is back fishing the Truckee and shares some tips for fishing this local favorite spot in this edition.
The melting snowpack is also feeding high-country lakes as Tim discovered on a recent trek to Fives Lakes and Whiskey Creek for a story in this issue, and I enjoyed a recent evening hike to enjoy the Meeks Creek waterfall on the West Shore. We’ve posted a video of the waterfall at facebook.com/TheTahoeWeekly and we invite you to share your favorite summer treks on our Facebook page or @TheTahoeWeekly.
