Nevada and Sierra road conditions
Chain controls, closures and 273 cameras on the nine highways that matter through Reno, Tahoe and the Sierra — on the page, not a link to somewhere else.
Storm routes, right now
Storm alerts
A notification on this device when chain control starts, changes or lifts, or a road closes or reopens. Pick your roads:
An alert is a heads-up that something changed, not a road report, and it can arrive a few minutes after the change. Before you drive, check Caltrans QuickMap or Nevada 511 (nvroads.com), or call 511. A few alerts a day at most; no account, no email, and you can turn them off here any time (what we keep).
Donner Pass
No chain controls at Donner Pass (Caltrans). Checked .
Donner Pass webcam · I-80 road conditions · Donner Pass chain controls
Truckee
No chain controls at Truckee (Caltrans). Checked .
Mt Rose Summit
No chain controls at Mt Rose Summit (NDOT). Checked .
Mt Rose Highway webcams · Mt Rose Highway road conditions · Mt Rose Summit conditions
Echo Summit
No chain controls at Echo Summit (Caltrans). Checked .
Echo Summit webcam · Highway 50 road conditions · Echo Summit conditions
Reno road conditions → — the two Sierra approaches answered live, every NDOT camera in the Truckee Meadows, and which agency reports which road.
Webcams by town: Truckee webcams, South Lake Tahoe webcams, Tahoe City webcams, Incline Village webcams and Carson City webcams.
Chains and closures, answered
- Is I-80 Open Right Now? Sierra Road Conditions
- Donner Pass Chain Control Now: Do I Need Chains on I-80?
- Lake Tahoe Road Conditions and Chain Controls
- Chain Control Levels R1 R2 R3 Explained
- Truckee Road Conditions & I-80 Traffic
- Mt Rose Highway Conditions: Do I Need Chains Right Now?
- Echo Summit Chain Control Now: Do I Need Chains on Hwy 50?
- Reno to Tahoe: Which Road Is Open Right Now
I-80
- Roadwork eastbound between Magra (Railroad) (Exit 140) and Gold Run Rd (Exit 143), traffic getting through — tree work; until 5:59 a.m.
- Roadwork westbound between Rock Spring Rd and King Rd (Exit 112), 1 mile east of Penryn, traffic getting through — fiber optic installation; until 5:01 a.m.
Sacramento to the Utah line, over Donner Pass and then across northern Nevada. When the Donner section shuts, the Sierra is effectively closed; east of Reno the pinch points are Golconda, Emigrant and Pequop.
91 cameras · 24 chain-control points · what to know in winter
SR-431 Mt Rose
The Mt Rose Highway, Reno to Incline Village — the highest year-round pass in the Sierra Nevada.
SR-267
Truckee to Kings Beach over Brockway Summit.
4 cameras · 5 chain-control points · what to know in winter
SR-28
The north and east shore road, Tahoe City to Incline Village and on to Spooner.
6 cameras · 3 chain-control points · what to know in winter
SR-89
The west shore, Tahoe City past Emerald Bay to South Lake Tahoe, and north to Truckee and Sierraville.
8 cameras · 21 chain-control points · what to know in winter
US-50
Reno and Carson City to South Lake Tahoe and on to Sacramento, over Spooner and Echo Summit.
36 cameras · 15 chain-control points · what to know in winter
US-395
The north–south spine through Reno and Carson City, running south past Gardnerville toward the Eastern Sierra.
SR-207
Kingsbury Grade, the short climb from the Carson Valley to Stateline and South Lake Tahoe.
SR-88 Carson Pass
Carson Pass, from the Carson Valley over to Jackson and the Central Valley.
Reno
Not a highway — the NDOT street and surface-road cameras around Reno and Sparks, plus the live status of the two Sierra approaches into town. 40 cameras · who reports which road
Recent earthquakes near Reno and Lake Tahoe
- M 1.5 11 km WNW of Wadsworth, Nevada — , 34 miles away
- M 1.5 15 km NE of Yerington, Nevada — , 49 miles away
- M 1.5 12 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada — , 45 miles away
- M 1.6 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada — , 44 miles away
- M 2.1 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada — , 45 miles away
The 5 most recent of the earthquakes within 50 miles in the last 30 days.
USGS records via QuakeIndex, as of . A record of what has already happened, not a warning.
Earthquake history: Reno, South Lake Tahoe, Truckee and all of Nevada.
Caltrans District 3 (public domain) and Nevada DOT / nvroads.com. Always confirm at roads.dot.ca.gov or nvroads.com before you travel.