Boca & Prosser Reservoirs (Truckee)
Truckee · near Truckee · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Summer (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Cool-cold (50s–60s°F) — 3/2 to 4/3 wetsuit
What is here
- Amenities
- Reliable summer thermal · Flatwater reservoirs · Near Truckee & Tahoe · Uncrowded alpine riding
- Best for
- Reliable Sierra thermal on flat water
- Features
- Reliable strong summer thermal · Flatwater alpine reservoirs · Near Truckee & Tahoe · Uncrowded
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Gusty mountain thermal · High altitude (5,700 ft) · Cool water · Fluctuating reservoir levels/launch
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- kite · windsurf · wing
- Conditions
- flat
- Venue
- lake
- Wind kt
- 20
- Wind
- Strong afternoon thermal, 15–28 kt — reliable summer wind machine near Truckee
- Intl tip
- The Tahoe area's reliable summer wind machines — strong afternoon thermal (15–28 kt) on flatwater reservoirs, more consistent than the big lake. Cool water, warmer than Tahoe (3/2–4/3). High altitude (5,700 ft); gusty thermal; fluctuating reservoir levels/launch. Uncrowded. Near Truckee. Intermediate+. Dependable flatwater Sierra riding.
The guide
Boca and Prosser reservoirs, in the mountains just north of Truckee, are the Tahoe area's reliable summer wind machines — flatw…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Boca & Prosser Reservoirs (Truckee) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.387, -120.093