A 6-lane hill run by a Truckee community resort, with a 36-inch minimum and tickets released only 7 days ahead.
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Tickets available online up to 7 days advance
Tahoe Donner Snowplay is the winter play area of the Tahoe Donner community in Truckee, with tubing lanes, sled lanes and a free play area where visitors can build snowmen or have snowball fights. One entry fee covers every activity, which suits families with mixed ages. Our record lists six lanes, a 36-inch minimum height, daily 90-minute sessions and snowmaking.
Timing is the main constraint. Tickets are sold only up to seven days in advance, so you can’t lock in a date weeks ahead. All sales are final, with no refunds or cancellations for weather, road conditions or illness, so watch the forecast before you buy. The official page currently shows the park as closed for the season, so confirm the coming winter’s dates.
Two details need a check. Our record lists a magic carpet, but the official page tells visitors to wear snow boots because they walk back up the hill after each run. That may refer to the sled lanes, so ask before you assume a lift. Children under 12 need a paid adult.
If your date sells out, Donner Ski Ranch is about a mile away.
Buy tickets as soon as the 7-day window opens for your date, since the record shows reservations are required. Snowmaking is listed, but dates still depend on conditions.
One 90-minute session per the record, plus time to walk in and gear up.
Reservations are required and tickets are only sold up to seven days in advance.
Anyone who can't commit early, since all sales are final with no refunds or cancellations for weather, road conditions or illness; also skip it if you need a confirmed lift, since the official page mentions walking back up the hill.
Donner Ski Ranch and Boreal Mountain Resort are each about 1 mile away, and Sugar Bowl Resort is about 3 miles away.
The official page says tickets are only sold up to seven days in advance.
No. The page states all sales are final with no refunds, returns, exchanges or cancellations for weather, road conditions or illness.
The record lists a 36-inch minimum and says children under 12 need a paid adult.
Current-season dates had not been published when we last checked. It has run: Daily (90-minute sessions). Check with the park before driving out — tubing seasons shift with the weather.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Tickets available online up to 7 days advance
Yes — this park requires reservations rather than walk-up tickets. Book ahead, especially for a weekend or holiday slot.
Minimum height is 36 inches.
We track 21 tubing hills in California. The park has not published a price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
It runs 6 lanes against a state average of about 5, so it is broadly typical for the state.
One caveat worth repeating: this park had not published its current-season dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 21 parks we track in California had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as a prior season's until the park confirms it.
There are 2 other tubing hills we track in Truckee. All California tubing hills →
This park hasn't published a street address we could confirm — the link above uses its coordinates instead.
tahoedonner.com
Checked September 2026.