Nestled along the Truckee River a few miles from the California border is the Biggest Little City in the World (along with our neighbor, Sparks). Surrounded on all sides by 8,000-ft+ peaks and sitting at around 4750-ft itself, our city of 250,000 people is known by another name “the adventure place,” which is why we are all here!
People come to Reno because they enjoy the outdoors, bustling nightlife, education, and carefree old west lifestyle. Where else can you hit the slopes, work on your loops, grab a cold Sierra Nevada from the tap house at the competition hole, shoot some craps, and get your groove on to the best musical acts in the world all in one day? Only Reno
Within a three hour drive you can get to every Class I-V+ run in the Sierra Nevada. With the two play parks available in town, several Class II sections and the Class IV gorge, the Truckee is awesome for when you want to stay close or just have an hour to get your boat wet. The American and Feather rivers are just over two hours away and release water year around for great playboating and creeking. Famous runs like South Silver and Fordyce are a little over an hour away. With several current and former world freestyle champions in residence you never know who you will be sharing the eddy with.
Now I do not advocate the selling of Reno to everyone, but I do try and sell it to my friends and family.
If there is someone you would love to have around, sell your town. I just posted that skiing is going on tomorrow but I really can’t wait to boat again. To pass the ... Read More →
See you all on the water soon…
Like really soon since I have new gaskets and a 5 mil hood (although there was ice in the eddies this morning when I ran the dogs, boo)
Noah
So Pete Delosa of Big White Van Productions put together this cool video of the whitewater park this fall. Check it out
These are the flows we should have for the forseable future.
Noah
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