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Truckee River
• Made by: Recreational Engineering and Planning
• Home of the Reno River Festival
• Cost: $1.5 million
• Year-round access
• 11 drop-pools; total of 2,600 feet in length, and class 2 and 3 rapids
• Easy public and spectator access
• Favorable year-round climate
• A design that accommodates low water flows
• 7,000 tons of smooth flat-top rocks and boulders
• Surrounds grassy park
• Water temperature ranges between 50 and 70 degrees.
• Engineered to be safe for kayaks, canoes, rafts and inner tubes
Well, the third incarnation of the Reno River Festival was another huge success. This is definitley the largest kayak event in terms of drawing in non-kayakers and exposing them to our sport. Over 4,000 people turned out, lining the banks to catch the 'stars' in action in both the freestyle and boater-cross divisions.
Formal Name: Truckee River Whitewater Park at Wingfield
Owner: City of Reno (call 334-2262 for information)
Management of River Bottom and Banks: State of Nevada
Architect: Gary Lacy: Recreation Engineering & Planning, Boulder, CO
Design team: Kennedy Jenks Consultants, Reno
Resource Concepts, Inc., Carson City
Contractor: Cruz Excavating, Inc., Incline Village
Cost: $1.5 million from voter-passed statewide bond
Pictures from the 2006 Reno River Festival
