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WATER. THE CURRENT IS FLOWING, COMING DOWN. RAFTS ARE READY. THERE WE GO. AND THE CROWDS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY UP TO THE SIERRA THE FIRST TIME WATER RAFTING. SO LOOKING FOR SOME FUN. FOLLOW ME THIS WAY. LOOKING TO EXPERIENCE THE WHITEWATER. THE LAKE IS DEFINITELY FULLER. IT’S GREENER. THE SNOW. THERE’S A LOT MORE SNOW. SO WE’RE ENJOYING SEEING THAT AS MANY TRAVEL TO ENJOY. CALIFORNIA. NATURE AS A FAMILY, FIRST TIME WHITEWATER RAFTING. SO IT’LL BE FUN. I’VE GOT TWO KIDS, TWO BOYS AND MY WIFE ARE GOING. SO WE’LL SEE TO SEE HOW IT GOES. WE TAKE A LOT OF FIRST TIMERS DOWN THE RIVER WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN RAFTING BEFORE. THEY’LL ALSO BOOST LOCAL BUSINESSES THIS LONG WEEKEND. THE RIVERS HAVEN’T BEEN THIS GOOD AND EASILY TEN YEARS. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STREAMS AND CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES THAT ALL FLOW INTO THE TRUCKEE RIVER, CREATING PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS WE’VE HAD THAT FOR WEEKS, HAVE STRUGGLED AS LOW WATER LEVELS HAVE IMPACTED A STRETCH BELOW THE LAKE TAHOE DAM, CAUSING THOSE BUSINESSES TO REMAIN CLOSED. OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN LOW ONE BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSION AND THEN TWO BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. BUT NOW WITH THE WEATHER BEING NICE AND HOT, WE’RE STARTING TO SEE OUR NUMBERS JUMP BACK UP. PAUL SAYS THAT THIS PART OF THE RIVER WHERE HIS BUSINESS OPERATES IS DOING SO WELL AND HAS ENOUGH WATER THAT HE’S HOPING TO STAY OPEN THROUGH THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. IN TRUCKEE MARICELA DE LA CRUZ, KCRA THREE NEWS AND OTHER AREAS ALONG THE TRUCKEE RIVER BELOW THE LAKE TAHOE DAM ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE. WE’VE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON THE TRUCKEE RIVER RAFT COMPANY, WHO SAYS THEY WILL BE CLOSED FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE SEASON BECAUSE OF LOW WATER LEVELS. THAT’S BECAUSE THE THE LAKES BELOW THE DAM ARE FULL, SO THEY’RE NOT RELEASING AS MUCH
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With Fourth of July celebrations close to, companies within the Sierra are excited to see a lift.Alongside the Truckee River, the present is flowing, the rafts are prepared, and the crowds have made their manner as much as the Tahoe space, trying to expertise the whitewater.Stephanie Watkins and a bunch of pals made their manner as much as the Sierra from Arizona to flee the warmth.And since she visited final 12 months, she seen the modifications this moist winter introduced. “The lake is unquestionably fuller, it is greener – the snow. There’s much more snow. We’re having fun with seeing that,” Watkins mentioned.As locals and out-of-towners take pleasure in California’s nature, Paul Miltner, proprietor of Tahoe Whitewater Excursions within the outskirts of Truckee hopes to see extra guests after struggling for a number of weeks.”Our numbers have been low – one, due to the confusion and two, due to the climate, however now with the climate being good and scorching, we’re beginning to see our numbers soar again up,” mentioned Miltner.The confusion he is referring to? Different elements of the Truckee River are under the Lake Tahoe Dam the place water ranges are too low to raft. This has induced companies in that space to stay closed by the top of the season.Miltner provides that the a part of the Truckee River the place his enterprise operates hasn’t had this a lot water and believes this can be among the best seasons they’ve had in 10 years.This season, they anticipate to remain open by September.
