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 is a non-discriminatory establishment operated under permit of the United States Forest Service-Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
The Chalet was established in 1939, and Tom and Kathleen ("Kat") Fashinell have owned and managed it since 1984. We operate (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 13, 2013
WE ARE PREPARING TO OPEN FOR THE SEASON BY THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES INSPECTIONS ARE MANDATORY, AND OUR LAUNCH RAMP WILL BE UNLOCKED WHEN STAFF ARE AVAILABLE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS (ONLY).
PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR DELAYS IN LAUNCHING WATERCRAFT.
YOU MAY FACILITATE A LAUNCH BY HAVING YOUR BOAT INSPECTED AT THE TRPA / TRCD STATION IN MEYERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
CONTACT INFORMATION:
- Telephone: 530-659-7207 (8 am to 6 pm PST summer only)
- After hours: emergency calls only (please)
- Fax: Please request number through Chalet Office (we are attempting to eliminate those 3 AM, auto-dialed, solicitations that that also ring at our home).
- 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 viewed for a few days. During the summer season, if your subject has any type of time constraint, please call us.
- Directions to Echo Chalet
ECHO CHALET WAS A "FULL-LINE" DEALERSHIP ( SALES AND SERVICE) FOR JOHNSON AND EVINRUDE OUTBOARDS FOR OVER 50 YEARS!
SINCE 2006 WE HAVE BEEN A CERTIFIED, SERVICE-ONLY, DEALERSHIP FOR BOMBARDIER'S EVINRUDE ENGINES.
WE INTEND TO FOCUS ENTIRELY ON THE EVINRUDE BRAND, AND WILL OUT-SOURCE REPAIRS ON OTHER ENGINES..
BOMBARDIER, IN ASSOCIATION WITH TOHATSU, HAS NOW DEVELOPED A COMPLETE LINE OF PORTABLE 4-STROKE ENGINES - RANGING FROM 3.5 TO 15 HP WITH A VARIETY OF OPTIONS.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THESE ENGINES WILL MEET BOMBARDIER'S STRICT MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS AND PERFORM WELL AT ALTITUDE.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO PURCHASE A SMALL ENGINE FOR NEW APPLICATION OR RE-POWER, AND YOU WANT US TO PROVIDE ROUTINE SERVICE, REPAIRS, OR WARRANTY WORK, PLEASE CONSIDER THE NEW EVINRUDE LINE.
6 hp Tiller long shaft
15 hp Tiller electric start long shaft
WE CAN HELP YOU LOCATE AN ENGINE AT COMPETITIVE PRICING.
BOMBARDIER - EVINRUDE - E-TEC and 4-SROKE PORTABLES
Great article on Evinrude E-Tec engines from BOATING WORLD
SIR DUKE OF ECHO ON CHALET PIER 6-15-2011:
BY REQUEST - ECHO LAKE PATCHES
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August 2007: We now have three taxis rigged as fire boats!
What happens to all the aluminum cans we collect each summer?
ECHO PEAK SNOWPACK - U.S. GOVERNMENT SITE
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 harbor 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.
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
