A 42-inch minimum, magic-carpet tubing hill at the far end of Boreal's lot, with free parking when you buy your ticket online.
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Parking free with pre-purchase online ticket
Boreal’s tubing hill sits at the far end of the resort’s parking lot at 9749 Boreal Ridge Rd. in Soda Springs. The official page describes family-friendly tubing on groomed lanes with a magic carpet, and the record lists snowmaking as well, so the surface has support when natural snow is thin.
The rules are the main thing to know. Riders need to be at least 42 inches tall, which is higher than at Donner Ski Ranch and Northstar, and tubes are provided. Parking is free when you pre-purchase your ticket online, so buying ahead has a practical payoff beyond a guaranteed slot. Prices and session length are not in our record, so check the ticket page for current rates.
There is no night tubing listed, so plan on daytime. Tahoe weather changes quickly, and the cold weather tubing day guide covers layers and warm-up breaks.
Boreal shares a stretch of Donner Summit with two other tubing options. Donner Ski Ranch is about 1 mile away and lists no height minimum, while Tahoe Donner Snowplay is about the same distance. Families with kids under 42 inches will want to look there first.
Buy your ticket online ahead of the trip, since parking is free with a pre-purchased online ticket; the tubing hill is at the far end of the parking lot.
Sessions vary; confirm session length on the ticket page
Parking is free with a pre-purchased online ticket, per our record; tubing is at the far end of the parking lot.
Skip it if anyone in your group is under 42 inches: that is the listed minimum, and a nearby hill with no height limit may suit them better.
Donner Ski Ranch is about 1 mile away with no height limit and ages 1 and up, and Tahoe Donner Snowplay is also about 1 mile off; both are worth a look if the 42-inch minimum rules someone out.
The record lists a 42-inch minimum.
Yes, tubes are provided, and the hill uses a magic carpet to carry riders back up.
The record does not list night tubing here.
Current-season dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the park before driving out — tubing seasons shift with the weather.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Parking free with pre-purchase online ticket
Minimum height is 42 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.
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 is 1 other tubing hill we track in Soda Springs. All California tubing hills →
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Checked September 2026.