North Upper Truckee residents now able to return home; Alpine County updates its orders

The mandatory evacuation order has been lifted for the North Upper Truckee neighborhood, but remains in place for residents of Christmas Valley. Alpine County has also updated its mandatory orders.

US 50 is closed at the round-a-bout so returnees to North Upper Truckee (NUT) must use Lake Tahoe Boulevard to North Upper Truckee Road.

Tahoe Mountain residents may also return.

Those living on Chiapa Drive may return home but must go to the final checkpoint on NUT and provide ID with address to be able to use US50 to get home to receive a pass.

Even as neighborhoods are repopulated the US Forest Service lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin remain closed. People must also stay out of burn areas as there is still heat and dangerous conditions.

To see the El Dorado County Sheriff's evacuation map, visit HERE.

The details from Calfire:
The area of Washoe Meadows (better known as North Upper Truckee). This is the area from Highway 50 north along North Upper Truckee and including the area of Tahoe Mountain. Highway 50 is still closed at Highway 89 in Meyers. Access can only be made through Lake Tahoe Blvd / Sawmill.

• The neighborhood of Chiapa. If you live in the neighborhood of Chiapa and would like to return home, you have to access it by checking in at the traffic control point at North Upper Truckee and Otomites for an entry pass. You cannot drive up Highway 50. Access is through Lake Tahoe Blvd to North Upper Truckee. Meet the deputy / officer at North Upper Truckee and Otomites. Please have documentation showing that you live in the
Chiapa neighborhood. They could be government ID, or utility bill, DMV paperwork, etc.

• The area west of Highway 89 from the city limits through Emerald Bay. This area includes Fallen Lead Road stopping at Tahoe Mountain Road and Cathedral. The U.S. Forest Service and Desolation Wilderness Lands are closed by order of the Forest Service.

ALPINE COUNTY

Evacuation orders remain in effect for Alpine County:

- Highway 88 Pickett’s Junction south to Kirkwood and the Alpine/Amador County Line (Zone 19 & Zone 20)
- All areas to the west of Highway 88 - Red Lake, Caples Lake, Kirkwood
- Wilderness and forested areas south of 88 and west of Blue Lakes -
Sisters, Fourth of July Peak, Fourth of July Canyon, Devils Corral, Winnemucca Lake, Frog Lake, Emigrant Peak, Elephants Back

Evacuation Warnings have been updated to include the following areas in Alpine County:

Highway 89 at Pickett’s Junction west to the Alpine/El Dorado County Line (Zone 21a)
Pickett’s Junction Northeast to Fay Luther Canyon (Zone 22a)
Horse Thief Canyon to Fay Luther Canyon
Blue Lakes Rd. Upper Blue Lake, Burnside Lake & Rd., Elephant’s Graveyard, “The Patch” (Zone 23)
Forestdale Rd from Junction 88 to Upper Blue Lake

Evacuation Warnings have been lifted in the following areas in Alpine County:

Highway 89 Pickett’s Junction East Bound to Junction Highway 88 & Highway 89 (Zone 21b)
Crystal Springs
Woodfords (North/West of Highway 88)
Sorenson’s
Mesa Vista West of Highway 88 to Fay Luther Canyon California/Nevada Stateline (Zone 22b)

NO warnings are in place for the following Alpine County areas as this time:
Woodfords

Mesa Vista
Alpine Village
Sierra Pines
Hung-A-Lel-Ti
Diamond Valley Rd.
Carson River Rd.
Markleeville
Markleevillage
Pleasant Valley
Carson Ridge
Bear Valley
Lake Alpine
East Carson Corridor
Monitor Pass