No closure listed. No closure reports within 15 mi of Echo Summit in the latest Caltrans data MileCheck received.
The Caltrans feed has no current road-weather report within 15 mi of the pass, so there is no surface reading here. MileCheck does not yet show Caltrans chain controls, so check QuickMap for the chain level. Check the Caltrans page linked below.
Read from the Caltrans feed on Nov 1, 1:41 PM PT. A pass with no closure listed is not a promise it is open, and a camera picture does not show the gates. Confirm on the Caltrans page before you leave. The map below updates live.
Live Caltrans road alerts and snow on US 50 over Echo Summit, the Sierra Nevada crossing between Placerville and South Lake Tahoe.
USDA SNOTEL station Echo Peak, 7,650 ft, about 3.5 miles from the summit and 270 feet above it. Depth and temperature are hourly readings from the station, not the resort's report.
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Every camera in the feed on this stretch. Tap one to load its latest frame.
Echo Summit carries US-50 over the Sierra Nevada at 7,380 ft.
Caltrans closes US 50 over Echo Summit for snow slides and rock slides, and runs chain controls through the winter. A snowslide closed it for hours in January 2023, and a boulder blocked both directions in March 2022. Slides can close the road with little warning.
Caltrans sets chain controls on US 50 by segment as storms arrive, and under R2 a four-wheel-drive vehicle that meets Caltrans’ conditions, including snow-tread tires on all four wheels, may proceed without installing chains but must carry them, and under R3 every vehicle installs chains. See California chain laws for R1, R2 and R3. MileCheck does not yet read Caltrans chain-control status, so confirm the level on QuickMap or the signs.
The live map above shows closures and incidents on US 50 near the summit, from Caltrans, and the box above it says what the Caltrans feed listed at the last update. See the California road conditions map.
Caltrans posts chain controls on US 50 by segment, and they change with the storm. Check QuickMap or the signs. See California chain laws for what R1, R2 and R3 mean.
About 7,380 feet on US 50 in El Dorado County.
Snow slides, rock slides and storms. A snowslide closed it for hours in January 2023.
MileCheck shows your exact mile marker in real time as you drive US-50 over Echo Summit, plus the nearest camera and any alert on your route. Works offline and runs on CarPlay and Android Auto.
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