Road controls up around Lake Tahoe; SR89 around Emerald Bay closed

Snow is covering roads around the Sierra, bringing chain controls and road closures.

Here is a look around the lake at 8:00 a.m. Thursday:

Highway 50

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM 3 MI EAST OF KYBURZ TO MEYERS (EL DORADO CO)

CHAINS OR SNOW TIRES REQUIRED OVER SPOONER SUMMIT FROM STATELINE TO MILE POST 4.5 IN CARSON CITY.

SR89

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM PICKETTS JCT (ALPINE CO) TO 2.7 MI SOUTH OF THE JCT OF US 50 (EL DORADO CO) /LUTHER PASS.

IS CLOSED FROM EMERALD BAY STATE PARK TO BLISS STATE PARK /EMERALD BAY/ (EL DORADO CO) - DUE TO SNOW - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM 5 MI NORTH OF THE JCT OF US 50 TO EMERALD BAY STATE PARK (EL DORADO CO)

CHAINS OR SNOW TIRES ARE REQUIRED FROM BLISS STATE PARK (EL DORADO CO) TO TAHOE CITY (PLACER CO)

CHAINS OR SNOW TIRES ARE REQUIRED FROM SQUAW VALLEY RD (PLACER CO) TO THE JCT OF I 80 (NEVADA CO)

SR88

IS CLOSED FROM 3.5 MI EAST OF SILVER LAKE TO KIRKWOOD /CARSON SPUR/ (AMADOR CO) - DUE TO AVALANCHE CONTROL - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM 4 MI EAST OF HAM'S STATION (AMADOR CO) TO 5 MI WEST OF PICKETTS JCT (ALPINE CO)

SR207

CHAINS OR SNOW TIRES REQUIRED FROM LAKE TAHOE TO FOOTHILL ROAD.

SR267 - CHAINS OR SNOW TIRES REQUIRED FROM LAKE TAHOE OVER BROCKWAY SUMMIT

SR431 - CHAINS OR SNOW TIRES REQUIRED FROM LAKE TAHOE OVER MT. ROSE

For up to the moment conditions, visit http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/ for California roads, and http://nvroads.com/ for Nevada.