Echo Chalet is a high-Sierra, summer-only, resort located approximately 10 miles from South Lake Tahoe and 49 miles east of Placerville off U.S. Highway 50.  The resort was established in 1939, and is operated under permit of the United States Forest Service-Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. 

Tom and Kathleen ("Kat") Fashinell have owned and managed the Chalet since 1984. The resort operates (weather permitting) from Memorial Day through the Labor Day weekend.  Our rental cabins ("Chaletlees") are usually ready for occupancy by mid-June. 

    The Chalet as viewed from Echo Lakes Road -  Lake Tahoe in the background (North)  

May 8, 2008 Update:

We are currently making arrangements to have the road plowed before Memorial Day. We do plan to be open, but have no prediction as to the lake water level. About 90% of the lake remained frozen as of 5-1-08. We will update the website as more information becomes available.

Lower Echo 5-1-08, note some clear water by the outflow.

Echo Lakes Road 5-1-08

 Last Fall, and early winter there were 19 cabin entries (and 3 attempts) by bears. So far on winter patrols we have seen no evidence of their return.

2 x 6 Plank Door - no problem (also no food in this cabin)

And, if all else fails, try the roof.

Last summer, following the Angora Ridge Fire by about 10 days, we temporarily lost our spring water. We therefore curtailed any subsequent Chaletlee rentals out of fear that the water shortage would recur. We were able to honor our commitments to those with confirmed reservations. We must have hot and cold, pressurized, water to operate the store and Chaletlees (health department regulation) and have therefore requested permission to install an additional water storage tank that could be top-filled (if necessary)  by a commercial water purveyor.  In the meantime, given this year's 67% of normal snow pack (versus 27% last year), we are hopeful that our springs will supply us through the 2008 season.

We look forward to seeing you all in a few short weeks. 

                                August 27. 2007: Thanks to funding from the Echo Lakes Homeowner's Association (ELA) we now have three taxis rigged as fire boats!

DID YOU EVER WONDER :

What happens to all the aluminum cans we collect each summer?

BOMBARDIER - EVINRUDE - E-TEC - JOHNSON - KLAMATH BOATS

  Great article on Evinrude E-Tec engines from BOATING WORLD

  ECHO PEAK SNOWPACK - U.S. GOVERNMENT SITE

ELDORADO COUNTY - MARINA  PROGRAM 

This site includes information on oil recycling and clean marina practices at Tahoe, Fallen Leaf, Echo and Jenkinson Lakes.

El Dorado Irrigation District - Echo Lake Water Level

For those of you who have a hard time visualizing Project 184, here is a topographical display:

(Click on image to enlarge)

 United States Forest Service LAKE TAHOE BASIN MANAGEMENT UNIT   

See pictures in the Archive...

CONTACT INFORMATION

Telephone: 530-659-7207 (8 am to 6 pm PST summer only)

           After hours: emergency calls only (please)

Fax: 530-659-7035;  Off-Season  Fax: 530-620-7207 (November-May)

Postal address:

 9900 Echo Lakes Road, Echo Lake, CA 95721

Electronic mail:

General Information:   echochalet-since1939@earthlink.net 

                                           

 

 Please Note: Although we check our e-mail frequently, there are times in the off-season when it may not be reviewed for a week or more. During the summer season, if your subject has any type of time constraint, please call or fax us. 

Directions to Echo Chalet

 

06/25/2007

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