Truckee River Yacht Club

Learn How to Stay Safe in the River! 

The Truckee River Yacht Club is happy to provide the following Truckee River Recreation Information and Map courtesy of the Truckee Meadows Water Authority.  Click on the Map below to download a complete brochure on River Recreation (3.5MB pdf File).

May 21, 2004

WARM UP TO SAFE RIVER RECREATION ON THE TRUCKEE
Important River Information Posted and Available to Community

With warm weather upon us, water recreation on the Truckee River looks very inviting. For those looking to have some fun on the river, the Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) continues to produce a river recreation map that includes tips on use of the river.

The map is available online here at the Yacht Club Website  and at www.tmh2o.com or in a water-proof printed format at TMWA’s office.   (The Map is a PDF file of 3.4 MB which could take considerable time to download on a normal 56kb phone modem internet connection.  If you need an updated version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader, find it here.)

The map details river features that should be taken into consideration by any person utilizing the river. It includes the locations of dams, rapids and access points, along with a scale of difficulty based on rapid classification. Daily river flows are available on TMWA’s website, on the Reno Gazette-Journal weather page, and on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Flow web page at

http://water.usgs.gov/nv/nwis/current/?type=flow.

“We recognize that the river is a popular recreation spot this time of year, so we continue distributing this map to inform people about the Truckee,” said Lori Williams, general manager of TMWA.

Permanent versions of this map information in the form of signs are posted at five common access points to the river. Produced and maintained by TMWA, the signs are located at: Farad, Crystal Peak Park, Mayberry Park, Idlewild Park and Rock Park. TMWA worked closely with Washoe County and the cities of Reno and Sparks in placing the signs.

For more information about personal preparedness on the river, go to:

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/archive/safety/safety.html.

To obtain the map, get it here at the Yacht Club Website or visit www.tmh2o.com, or call the Truckee Meadows Water Authority at 834-8000.  (The Map is a PDF file of 3.4 MB which could take considerable time to download on a normal 56kb phone modem internet connection.  If you need an updated version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader, find it here.)