Expect strong high-altitude desert thermals, ridge soaring and wave along scenic Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe.  Expect challenging tasks and intense dynamic conditions.  We recommend you take advantage of both practice days.  Oxygen mandatory, transponders and FLARM strongly recommended (Reno airspace nearby).  Great mountain soaring, great high desert soaring, and a great learning opportunity.
 
Forest parking is available for tents, trailers, and RVs at the glider port.  Enjoy cool piney-wood mornings with birds, chipmunks, and the occasional deer.  Open-air dining with BBQ grill available every night.  Truckee is a world famous vacation destination, with no shortage of indoor and outdoor adventure a stone's throw from the airport.  Whether you are into fine dining by Lake Tahoe, or hiking the Sierra Nevada, Truckee has something for everyone.

FAI Class Rules:
1. All gliders conforming to the requirements of Standard Class, 15 Meter Class, 18 meter Class, Open Class, and Two Seater Class as described in contest rules may participate.
2. Contestants must meet the experience requirement listed at 5.5.1 of contest rules.
3. Contest will be limited to 18 entries.  Registration is available online. 
4. Participating gliders will be handicapped using handicaps derived from the Sports Class Handicap list. 

Truckee Airport

• FAA Airport Identifier: KTRK

• Field Elevation: 5,900 feet

• AWOS-3: 118.0

• UNICOM: 122.95

• Tower: 120.575

• Runway 2/20: 4,650 feet 

• Runway 11/29: 7,000 feet

NOTE!
There is a tower at the Truckee airport. Information for the Truckee Tahoe Airport can be found at the airport website, https://truckeetahoeairport.com/. The Soar Truckee Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) includes new procedures related to the tower. Be sure to pay special attention to this section when you review the SOP's this year. For those of you that have not flown at Truckee before, you are required to read the SOP before your first tow at Truckee. Be sure to note the new Tower/CTAF "Common Traffic Advisory Frequency" of 120.575.

Contest Manager: 
​Dennis Linnekin
Phone: (678) 595-5502
Email: dennislinnekin@comcast.net

Equipment

• Oxygen mandatory, refills available at Soar Truckee

• Parachutes with current repack

• Transponders strongly recommended, Reno airspace nearby 

• ​FLARM strongly recommended, portable units available at $100.00 per contest at www.williamssoaring.com/powerflarm/rent.html.

• Spot/Inreach Transmitters recommended (think: sparse, high desert/mountainous task areas), and we monitor glider positions from the office.

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Soar Truckee

• Free Wi-Fi

• BBQ grills available every night at the Soar Truckee office area

• Weather Resources: local soaring weather information on the Soar Truckee website

• Turnpoints: http://soaringweb.org/TP/Truckee (check for updates after 7/1/2021)