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Highway Exit Summary

Location [Exit]		Elev- ation	Popul- ation	Comments
Reno Airport off 395 S [65B]	-38
Reno [10-16]	-32	4498	155,499	Gas, Lodging, Hospital, Food, Shopping Center
Verdi [2] (1-3 westbound)	-21.4	4905		Gas, Casino, Food
Nevada State Line (204.6 mi.)	-19	4905
Hirschdale Rd., Boca [194]	-8	5600
267, Lake Tahoe [188B]	-2.5			Northstar Ski Area, Kings Beach
89 North, Sierraville [188A]	-2
Downtown Truckee [186]	-1			same as below
Truckee, 89 S. [185], Lake Tahoe, Squaw Valley (11.5 mi.), Tahoe City (14 mi.)	0.0	5818	9,994	, Hospital, Gas, Diesel, Fast Food, Restaurants, Convenience Store, Lodging, CHP, Hardware, Shopping Center
Donner Park Exit [184]	1.0	5900		Gas, Diesel, LP Gas, Chain Services, Mini-Mart, Restaurants, Lodging, Camping
Donner Lake [180]	4.5	7239		Food, Lodging
Rest Area	8.6			Restrooms
Castle Peak [176] Summit Boreal Ridge	9.1	7239		Food, Lodging
Soda Springs [174]	11.7	6768	96	, Restaurants, Convenience Store, Gas, Diesel, LP Gas, Lodging, Chain Services
Kingvale [171]	14.8	6118		Mini-Mart, Gas, Chain Services
6000 ft.	16	6000
Rainbow Exit [168]	17.8			Restaurant, Lodging, Camping
Cisco Cisco Grove [165]	20.7	5700		MiniMart, Restaurant, Gas, Diesel, Chain Services
Eagle Lakes Rd. [164]	22.0			Camping
Hwy 20 [161]
Yuba Gap [160]	25.2	5600		Camping, Phone, Food at campground and Eagle Mtn. Nordic Cntr.
Emigrant Gap	28.0	5140	36	, Phone
Nyack [156]	29.2	5400		Burger King, Mini-Mart, Gas, Diesel, Chain Services
Blue Canyon Exit [155]	30.5	5284		Porta-Potty at exit westbound in winter.
5000 ft.	23.8	5000
Drum	35.1	4300
Baxter [148]	37.1	3900		Camping, Phone
Alta [146]	39.2	3590	751	, Convenience Store
Dutch Flat [145]	40.9	3144	533	Gas, Restaurants, Camping, CHP
Rest Area	42.2			Restrooms
Gold Run [143]	42.8	3222	79
Secrettown Rd [140]	46
Colfax (Hwy 174), Grass Valley [135]	50.9	2422	1,306	Restaurant, Fast Food, Convenience store, Gas, Diesel, Lodging, Camping, Chain Services, LP Gas
Weimar [131]	54.7	2280
W. Paoli Ln. [130]	55.4			Gas, Diesel
Heather Glen	56.5	2014	1,898
2000 ft.	56.6	2000
Applegate [128]	57.8	2014	1,898	Gas, Diesel, Lodging, Chain Services
Clipper Gap, Meadow Vista [125]	61.0	1720	3,067	Gas (2 mi.) - Porta-Potties in eastbound direction between Clipper Gap and Applegate.
Bowman [122]	63.9	1620		Restaurants, Gas, Lodging, Camping
Foresthill Exit	64.6			Fast Food, Restaurants, Gas, Diesel, Lodging
Auburn (Elm Av.)	66.2			Food, Gas, Lodging
Auburn (Hwy 49) [119]	66.5	1359	12,129	, Hospital, Food, Shopping Center
1000 ft.	68.2	1000
Newcastle [115]	69.4	399		Gas, Food
Loomis	74.6	399	1,284	Gas, Lodging, Food
Rocklin	77	248	27,214	Gas, Lodging, Food, Shopping Center
Roseville	80.2	159	62,649	Gas, Lodging, Food, Hospital
Sacramento	98		407 K	Gas, Lodging, Food, Hospital
Davis []	112.3		60,300	Gas, Lodging, Food, Hospital
Sacramento Airport off of I-5 N.	106
San Francisco Airport off of 101 S.	194

See Also: I-80 info. for Placer Co. and Nevada Co. at interests.com.

• 3 hours - chain controls and chain installation on I-80.
• 1 hour - 60 miles at 30 MPH with chains on into Tahoe city.
• 2 hours - Hwy 89 congestion due to ski traffic at Squaw Valley and Alpine meadows plus holiday traffic.

Wi-Fi Hotspots

Traveling/Road Conditions:

I-80 and Hwy. 89 restrictions are listed under CalTrans Road Conditions and Mountain Pass Closures Pages.
QuickMap | Mobile App

Highway Information Phones: 1-800-427-7623 or (916) 445-7623
WebCams at magnifeye.com
Radio Updates on AM 1610
Hwy. 50 Corridor - (530) 741-4571 | Interstate 80 Corridor - (530) 741-5474 | General Information - (530) 741-4572
Winter Operations Page: Controls - Snow Tires, Traction Devices | Winter Travel Tips | Chain Control Placement Chart

California Traffic Information at the Federal Highway Administration.

Emergency Road Svc. 1-800-AAA-HELP (1-800 222-4357)

Placer Co. Highway conditions at CERES (Calif. Environmental Resr. Evaluation Sys.)
Winter Travel Tips at CalTrans, The CHP, Southland Ski Server.

Weather:

National Weather Svc (NWS):
  7-day forecast:  Blue Canyon,  Soda Springs, Truckee
  Winter Weather Advisory:  Truckee,  West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
    Current: Blue Canyon, Truckee-Tahhoe,

The Weather Channel: Auburn,  Alta, Emigrant Gap, Soda Springs, Truckee 

Intellicast: Soda Springs, Truckee  
  Satellite view of west coast
  
Tahoe Forecasts

Emergency Services and Law/Regulation Enforcement Contacts in the Tahoe Area.

Chains:
(See Road Conditions also.)
Chains are usually required during snow storms. There are 3 kinds of chain requirements, R2 is the most common.

 R1: Chains required - snow tread tires (see below) allowed.
 R2: Chains required on all vehicles except four-wheel drives with snow tires.
 R3: Chains required - all vehicles - no exceptions.

The California Vehicle Code section 558 defines a snow-tread tire as follows: "A 'Snow-tread tire' is a tire which has a relatively deep and aggressive tread pattern compared with conventional passenger tread pattern". Snow-tread tires can be identified by examining the sidewall of the tire where the letters MS, M/S, M+S or the word MUD AND SNOW have been stamped into the sidewall. All terrain tires are usually allowed. See the Chain Control Page at CalTrans for more.

Chain monkeys are available at the side of the road and will install your chains for $20, however they cannot sell chains so you must have them with you or buy them at one of the gas stations along the way.
Map of Chain-On Areas from CalTrans

During a normal storm chains would typically be required from 1 mi. east of Baxter to Truckee eastbound and from Truckee to Kingvale westbound.

During a heavy storm the highway may be closed during the night with chains required from Gold Run to the Nevada state line in the morning. Chain requirements may be moved up to Baxter or higher during the day as the snow level rises. Chains may be required as early as Colfax during very cold spells when the snow level falls to 2,500 ft. elevations.
Delays
Traffic may be metered at Applegate to avoid congestion at chain control points further up. On Fri. Jan 2. 2004 there was 1:45 delay (4 mi. backup) starting at Dry Creek Rd. plus another 15 min. delay at Gold Run for chain controls. During winter there are Porta-Potties in eastbound direction between Clipper Gap and Applegate.

The maximum recommended speed with chains is 30 MPH and there can be delays of 3 Hrs. or more due to congestion so adjust your time accordingly. On Jan 1, 2004 the highway was closed for 2 hrs. due to spinouts.

The CalTrans Winter Travel Tips page has more information.

Services:

Lodging

Other: Visit Placer County page
 other references for more information.
 Hwy 80 at calweb.com