Truckee River: Boca to Floriston

No! Shoes are required that will not come off, such as strap-on sandals, water shoes, booties, and old tennis shoes.

Flip-flops or slip-on shoes are not allowed for rafting. If you go for an unintentional swim, you will lose your flip-flops immediately. If you end up on shore or in a random place, you need to have good footwear to get back to the rafts or to be able to walk along the shoreline.

Type of trip: Adventurous Beginner/ Intermediate rafting This section is Class II-III+, implying these intermediate rapids are ideal for Adventurous Beginners. It is family-friendly and perfect for first-time river rafters, with some exciting moments in the Class IIIs. We refer to this section as ‘adventurous beginner’ due to the technical rapids in the second half.

The run starts off easy with slow-moving water through boulder gardens, creating a perfect setting to introduce first-time rafters to the river. Following that are long, flat swimming areas perfect for cooling off on a hot summer day. The rapids continue to build throughout the trip towards an exhilarating finish in the Class III+ Floriston Gorge. You and your group have been trained up for this exhilarating finish with rapids such as “Ke-Bob,” the almighty “Jaws,” and the technical “Pinball.”

If you guide did a wonderful job and you had a fun experience tipping is an acceptable form of showing appreciation to your guide at the end of the tour.

• 13’ self-bailing river rafts are used
• On the Truckee River, our rafts can take up to 6 guests + a guide.
• River flows on the Truckee River fluctuate throughout the year and dictate how many can fit in a raft. Later in the season (July and August), we may only be able to put four guests + a guide to keep boats nimble for technical sections as the river flows may cause rapids to be tighter and more technical.

Personal items should be locked in your personal vehicle throughout the day. Wallets, Cell phones, and Car Keys can also be kept in our river office while out for your rafting adventure!

Water that feeds the Truckee River Boca- Floriston Section comes from 5 different water storage areas. A combination of Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, Prosser Reservoir, Stamped Reservoir, and Boca Reservoir feeds water that feeds the Truckee River. These damaged water storage resources all feed upstream of the Boca-Floriston Rafting section.

Other rafting companies located near Tahoe City only rely on water from Lake Tahoe, which can affect their operation. Our tours are not affected since we are much further downstream and have five sources of water to rely on.

Due to these five water storage resources, rafting trips are available twice a day, every day all summer long. Our season typically starts in May and runs through mid-September. We may not be able to run this section on high water years and significant spring snowmelt until appropriate river flows. If that occurs, we go further downstream to run the Class II-III+ Half Day Truckee River Verdi- Mayberry Section.