Echo Summit Closed in Both Directions

[wayoflife]

Holy cow, looks like Hwy 50 at Echo Summit is gonna be closed for a bit.

Rock slide closes Echo Summit in both directions; Expect a long delay and use alternate routes

Traffic going to and from the south shore over US50 is cut off Friday morning due to a rock slide. At 5:46 a.m. the report of a slide was received by the California Highway Patrol (CHP). A Toyota 4runner collided into the boulders after the slide occurred. No injuries were reported. There is no...

carsonnow.org

 

[OverlanderJK]

Holy smokes! We were just up there on Wednesday. Makes me glad we took 88 there and back.

 

[wayoflife]

Man, how many times have we crossed this path odorless and topless on our way to the Rubicon

 

[OverlanderJK]

Man, how many times have we crossed this path odorless and topless on our way to the Rubicon

Always odorless going there. Not the same coming back.

 

[wayoflife]

Always odorless going there. Not the same coming back.

Hahaha!!

fuckin auto correct

 

[Rst8rox]

Man that’s nuts. I can’t imagine what that was like.

 

[jdofmemi]

Somebody had a wild ride.

 

[benatc1]

Oh shit, I heard something about that today. Not exactly the place you want to be driving when those boulders come crashing down. Crazy

 

[CalSgt]

Holy smokes! We were just up there on Wednesday. Makes me glad we took 88 there and back.

88 is an enjoyable drive & almost no Sac/Bay Area dirtbags hauling ass to/from Tahoe

 

[OverlanderJK]

88 is an enjoyable drive & almost no Sac/Bay Area dirtbags hauling ass to/from Tahoe

Yup. And only a few minutes longer for me.

 

[Bullwinckle]

Damn that’s crazy! Hope they get it all cleared before next month when I head up that way to visit family...if not I’ll take the north shore route.

 

[Brute]

It's already open...they blasted the big rocks to make small rocks...

 

[benatc1]

Damn that’s crazy! Hope they get it all cleared before next month when I head up that way to visit family...if not I’ll take the north shore route.

Let me know if you have a bit of free time when you up this way, would love to come up and grab a beer with you guys

 

[Bullwinckle]

Let me know if you have a bit of free time when you up this way, would love to come up and grab a beer with you guys

Will do! As of right now plan is to stay in Tahoe a few days then head down to Carson City... but may change depending on if my sister and her boyfriend wants to go on the trip too.

 

[benatc1]

Will do! As of right now plan is to stay in Tahoe a few days then head down to Carson City... but may change depending on if my sister and her boyfriend wants to go on the trip too.

Sounds good! It's all close enough