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El Dorado County firefighters protect homes on Snowflake Drive in Christmas Valley on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, as the Caldor Fire burned into the South Lake Tahoe Basin, down from Echo Summit.

ECHO LAKE, Calif. — Few places are more beloved or secret on the road to Tahoe than Echo Lake. A dirt turnout off the highway takes the intrepid and the in-the-know though a winding forest path ...

then work your way through Amador County onto Highway 88 and then eventually Highway 89 into South Lake Tahoe. This detour will add about 45 minutes to the drive time. Echo Summit Project Detours ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (KPIX 5) – Bay Area drivers heading to South Lake Tahoe this fall will have to take a long detour, as a stretch of Highway 50 will be closed for two weeks next month due to ...

drought-stricken terrain near the outskirts of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Smoke from the fire stretched from El Dorado Hills to Echo Summit early Friday, limiting visibility along Highway 50 to a dozen ...