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 31st 2009 UPDATE:
WE ARE OPEN FOR THE
SEASON
Lower Echo May 13th 2009
Echo Sunrise 11-5-08
UP UNTIL 3 WEEKS AGO CABIN PATROLS
HAD REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. WE KNOW OF SOME RECENT INTRUSIONS AND WILL
CONDUCT A FINAL PATROL SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
2008
CREW
DROUGHT NEWS: as of April
30th
The
Sierra Nevada
snowpack is at
two-thirds of normal for this time of year, raising concerns about summer water
deliveries to cities and farms. The third straight winter of below-normal
precipitation has prompted drought warnings in
California. The state depends on
its snowpack for much of its summer water supply. This winter's fifth and
final snow survey near
South Lake Tahoe
on April 30th
found the snowpack at 66 percent of a typical year across the
400-mile-long mountain range.
The Chalet must
have hot and cold, pressurized, water to operate the store and Chaletlees
(Eldorado County Health Department regulations) and we have asked the Forest
Service for permission to install an additional
water storage tank that could be top-filled (if necessary) by a commercial water purveyor.
In the meantime, given the drought situation, we will continue with our ongoing water
conservation programs and limit our late-season reservations.
To
review in-depth information and updates, visit: The California
Department of Water Resources
A reminder from Last Year.................AUGUST
14TH 2008 UPDATE
WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE ABOUT 25% OF FLOW FROM OUR SPRINGS - BARELY ENOUGH TO
SERVICE THE CHALETLEES AS LONG AS WATER CONSERVATION IS PRACTICED. THOSE WITH
CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS SHOULD KEEP CHECKING WITH US PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL
ANYONE
WHO WISHES TO CANCEL THEIR RESERVATION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WILL RECEIVE A FULL
REFUND OF THEIR DEPOSIT.
THANK
YOU
August 2007: 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.
AQUATIC
INVASIVE SPECIES:
Because of the very
real threat of Nuisance plants and mussels entering Echo from
Tahoe (plants) and elsewhere (Quagga or Zebra mussels from Colorado and Southern
California), we are required to inspect all
watercraft,
motorized and non-motorized, and control access to the lake. We
have therefore installed a locked gate and, throughout our operating season it
will be necessary to allow lake access only during normal business
hours.
In anticipation of the restricted
hours of operation, we respectfully ask you to time your travel
to coincide with these operating hours.
If you have any doubts about the seriousness
of the threat, or just want to explore the issue further - including a great
video entitled 'Don't move a mussel" - visit the 100th
Meridian website.
Launch Area May 13th 2009: Note: The gate is
still in the winter (open) position, but will be locked except during business
hours to comply with mandated boat inspections.
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:
United States Forest Service LAKE
TAHOE BASIN MANAGEMENT UNIT
PICTURES
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
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- 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.
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