Sacramento to Lake Tahoe

Fall colors over Echo Summit

118 mi · about 2 h 50 min · over Echo Summit

The road cameras in the order you'll pass them, the weather for when you get there, and Follow to keep up as you drive.

The pass on the way

• Echo Summit No chain controls US 50 · Caltrans's report

On the drive page

• When to leave to miss the snow at the summit, up to a day ahead.
• Chains for your car: what the rule means for a car, an AWD or when towing.
• A closed road: whether it's still closed when you get there, and the other way across that misses it.
• Every road camera on the way, in the order you'll pass them.
• The weather at each town and pass for the time you get there.
• Follow: leave it open as you drive and it drops cameras you've passed.

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