rockslide
Traffic backed up due to rockslide on US50 at Echo Summit
Submitted by paula on Mon, 12/02/2019 - 2:04pm
Update: US50 over Echo Summit reopened with no lane restrictions at 7:00 p.m.
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Update: Caltrans is estimating US50 on Echo Summit will be open without one-way controlled traffic in another 1-2 hours, or by around 6:00 p.m.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There has been a rockslide on US50 at Echo Summit, backing up traffic as crews work to clear the roadway. Rocks and dirt filled the westbound lanes since just after 1:00 p.m. Monday.
One-way controlled traffic will be in place until all debris is removed. It is unknown what time the work will be completed.
Cave Rock barriers come down as construction project nears end
Submitted by paula on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 6:22pm
The project to stabilize the roadside slope near Cave Rock has been substantially completed, enough so that most of the lane reduction barriers have been removed. Crews Wednesday were smoothing new asphalt. Motorists should anticipate intermittent roadway shoulder and lane closures over coming weeks for final construction clean up.
Lane closures at Cave Rock as work resumes on roadside slope
Submitted by paula on Sun, 05/06/2018 - 3:36pm
LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - There will be single lane closures on Highway 50 near Cave Rock starting Monday, May 7, as Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) completes roadside slope repairs.
NDOT projects at Lake Tahoe will soon wrap up for season
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/09/2017 - 9:29pm
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) will be wrapping up their two major Lake Tahoe projects for the season over the coming weeks. Crews are working diligently to complete all that they can this construction season before heavy winter weather sets in and makes construction infeasible. Both projects will return with construction next spring.
U.S. 50 Logan Creek Slope Stabilization Project
NDOT to start slope stabilization project in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 06/06/2017 - 3:20pm
Boulders along Highway 50 by Cave Rock will soon be removed as the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) begins to reinforce a destabilized slope along the roadway at Logan Creek on Lake Tahoe's East Shore.
Work will begin June 7.
Numerous boulders the size of large vehicles rolled down the slope several times during the past winter, bringing NDOT to add a concrete barrier and reduce the traffic to one northbound land. Luckily, no vehicles have been involved in the slides, and no injuries reported.
NDOT reopens Highway 50 on east shore of Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 8:27pm
Drivers between South Lake Tahoe and Spooner Summit may once again travel along Highway 50 after it was closed for several days after boulders larger than passenger vehicles rolled down the hill onto the road just north of Cave Rock.
Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) reopened the road with one lane of traffic moving in each direction.
No vehicles were involved in the slides, and no injuries were reported.
Highway 50 on Lake Tahoe's east shore closed due to new rock slides
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/08/2017 - 1:40pm
LAKE TAHOE, NEV. - Two more boulders have come off the hill onto Highway 50 north of Cave Rock, causing transportation officials to temporarily close down the road in both directions on Wednesday, February 8.
The boulders, both larger than a vehicle, came down in the last two hours at Logan Creek, the same area where boulders rolled onto the roadway on Monday and Tuesday. All of the boulders have been larger than the size of a passenger vehicle.
Highway 89 at Emerald Bay reopens after rockslide
Submitted by paula on Sun, 02/14/2016 - 12:02pmA Valentine's Day rockslide at Emerald Bay closed Highway 89 for about an hour. The California Highway Patrol responded to a call of rocks on the roadway and controlled traffic in the are until a truck equipped with a plow could clear off the slide.
The road reopened at 11:34 a.m.
No other details are available at this time.
Rock comes down on Highway 50 near Wright's Lake
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/13/2016 - 3:43pm
The boulder that fell into traffic lanes on Wednesday afternoon was 15 feet wide and weighed 20 tons.
UPDATE 6:30 p.m. - All pieces of the boulder that locked Highway 50 near the Wright's Lake turnoff have been removed and the road is open and free of controls around the rock, but chains or 4WD with snow tires are required from Meyers to three miles east of Kyburz.
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UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. - Caltrans have blasted the rock and are now in the process of removing the pieces. At this time the road is still controlled traffic in one direction.
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Boulders block traffic Friday on Highway 28
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/11/2015 - 6:00am
Two boulders the size of cars fell onto State Route 28 Friday morning after a rockslide in the area near Sand Harbor.
The Nevada Highway Patrol received a call on July 10 at 8:30 a.m. about a rockslide blocking the lanes near Sand Harbor.
Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) crews worked to remove the boulders, and by 1:30 p.m. the road was reopened according to Meg Ragonese of NDOT.
“During storms, we want to remind drivers to be extra cautious on mountainous roads,” Ragonese said.
No injuries were reported.
Big fish caught at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 10:55am
Below is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra. This report is for the week of Dec. 12-18. We want to note a big fish caught by Eric St. Denis of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., pictured above. Eric caught a 28-pound, 9-ounce Mackinaw trout at Lake Tahoe on Dec. 9, at 10:30 a.m. Photos courtesy of Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters.
The Lake Tahoe record for Mackinaw Trout is a 37-pound, 6-ounce (44 inches in length) trophy caught by Robert Aronsen, way back in 1974. To date, only a handful of Macks have been caught that have weighed 30 pounds or more.
Yosemite road closed by rockslide set to reopen
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:53amYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - A road on a busy entrance to Yosemite National Park will be reopening ahead of schedule on Saturday after a giant rockslide damaged part of it in January.Big O...
