slgwv's photos with the keyword: Echo Summit

Echo Lake Resort

Echo Lake Resort

slgwv
20 Sep 2012 4 3 264
Just off US 50/Lincoln Highway at Echo Summit, in the Sierra Nevada. The lakes (Upper and Lower Echo Lake) are originally natural, but have been enlarged and connected by a small PG&E storage dam at the outlet. There are a lot of _very_ expensive properties along the lakes. This is also a trailhead for the Pacific Crest Trail/Tahoe Rim Trail, which here coincide, and a gateway to the Desolation Wilderness on the west side of Lake Tahoe. A water taxi runs from here to a dock and trailhead in the upper lake. Saves a lot of walking if you just want to get to the wilderness area!
US 50/Lincoln Highway to Echo Summit

US 50/Lincoln Highway to Echo Summit

slgwv
12 Jul 2013 134
Looking north toward Lake Tahoe.
View from US 50/Lincoln Highway

View from US 50/Lincoln Highway

slgwv
12 Jul 2013 111
Looking east below Echo Summit. That's California SR 89 in the valley below.
To Echo Summit

To Echo Summit

slgwv
12 Jul 2013 1 162
Where US 50/Lincoln Highway crosses the Sierra Nevada into California. It's an...um..._scenic_ part of the route! ;)