How much snow is Echo Summit getting?
No snow in the forecast for Echo Summit in the next 72 hours. Rain instead: about 0.8 inches, with the snow level at 8,000 ft, above Echo Summit at 7,382 ft. NWS forecast updated Oct 20, 2:00 PM PDT; read .
From the National Weather Service’s gridded forecast for US-50 at Echo Summit, read every 30 minutes. Totals are rounded: half inches under 3 inches, whole inches above.
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How much snow is Echo Summit getting: NWS snowfall for US-50 at the summit over the next 72 hours, when it falls and the snow level. Read every 30 minutes.
Echo Summit now
No chain controls at Echo Summit (Caltrans). Checked .
The forecast here is for US-50 at Echo Summit, 7,382 feet, where the highway climbs out of the Tahoe basin west of Meyers. In a storm Caltrans holds traffic at the summit, and the eastbound side drops about 1,000 feet to Meyers and the lake.
Snow at the summit with rain at the lake is common early in the season. Watch the snow level against the summit's height, and against the checkpoints to the west, Twin Bridges at 6,158 feet and Strawberry at 5,728, which turn white later.
The next 72 hours at Echo Summit, twelve hours at a time
| Period | Snow | Chance of precipitation | Snow level | Temperature | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | none | 13% | 9,500 ft | 59–61°F | 2 mph, gusts 9 |
| Tuesday night | none | 17% | 9,500 ft | 37–56°F | 0 mph |
| Wednesday | none | 84% | 9,500 ft | 36–56°F | 2 mph, gusts 8 |
| Wednesday night | none | 90% | 8,500–9,500 ft | 36–51°F | 0 mph, gusts 7 |
| Thursday | none | 91% | 8,500 ft | 35–48°F | 3 mph, gusts 13 |
| Thursday night | none | 75% | 8,000 ft | 34–46°F | 2 mph, gusts 13 |
Heights to read the snow level against
The working cameras within 15 miles of Echo Summit, highest first. Where the snow level is below a camera’s height, the forecast is snow there; above it, rain.
- SR-207 at Daggett Summit / Tramway · 7,338 ft
- US-50 at Sierra at Tahoe / Echo Lake Eastbound · 6,909 ft
- Pioneer Trail Eastbound 1 · 6,351 ft
- US-50 at South Lake Tahoe / Pioneer Trail · 6,351 ft
- US-50 at Myers · 6,345 ft
- SR-89 at South Lake Tahoe / US-50 · 6,286 ft
- US-50 at South Lake Tahoe / SR-89 · 6,286 ft
- US-50 at Warrior Way · 6,259 ft
Echo Summit, where the forecast is read, and the cameras around it.
Where this forecast comes from
The National Weather Service forecasts on a grid of cells about 2.5 kilometres across, and updates it through the day. This page reads the cell that holds US-50 at Echo Summit: Echo Summit, issued by the NWS office in Sacramento, a cell whose average height is 6,457 ft. A cell’s average height can sit well below a summit, which is why the snow level is compared with the place itself. The snow total is the sum of the forecast’s own amounts for the next 72 hours; nothing is added to it, and no range is invented around it.
The full NWS forecast, with the forecaster’s discussion, is at forecast.weather.gov for Echo Summit. For avalanche danger in the backcountry, read the Sierra Avalanche Center, not a snow total.
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Snow forecasts for the others: Donner Pass · Mt Rose · and Heavenly · Palisades Tahoe · Northstar · Kirkwood · Sugar Bowl · Sierra-at-Tahoe · Boreal
Snow forecast: National Weather Service (api.weather.gov), public domain, read every 30 minutes. Not an official NWS product. Chain control: Caltrans and NDOT, read every five minutes. Nevada Explorer is not affiliated with the National Weather Service. A forecast is not the road: confirm at roads.dot.ca.gov, nvroads.com or 511 before you travel.