[PHOTOS] Another Huge Boulder Falls on HWY-50 Below Echo Summit, CA Another large boulder fell off of Echo Summit Wednesday morning and crashed down onto the Highway 50 mountain pass in El Dorado County, blocking traffic in both directions, the California Highway Patrol reported. The six-foot-high boulder fell off the summit shortly after 8 am, the CHP South Lake Tahoe Area Office said on Twitter. Caltrans made quick work getting the […] SnowBrains | March 18, 2022 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Caltrans Uses 14lbs of Explosives to Blow Up 458-Tons of Boulders Blocking US-50 Near Echo Summit Caltrans’ South Lake Tahoe area maintenance crew responded to three large boulders that fell onto U.S. Highway 50 near Echo Summit on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Related: [VIDEO] Caltrans Blows Up Huge Boulders Blocking Lake Tahoe, CA’s Highway 50 The estimated weight was 458 tons. The largest was 23 feet long and 14 feet tall. The crew used about 14 […] SnowBrains | March 7, 2022 0 Comments
HWY-50 Near Echo Summit, CA Closed Sunday After ‘Largest Avalanche this Spring’ Caused Head-On Collision Highway 50 near Echo Summit in California was closed Sunday when a natural avalanche came down and struck a car. The avalanche pushed a white Nissan Xterra into the oncoming lane directly into the path of a Jeep Grand Cherokee, causing a head-on collision. The avalanche occurred around 3:35 pm in a known avalanche path near Frog Pond. The 72-year-old […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 9, 2019 0 Comments
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