TahoeDrive

The winter road report for the drive to your Tahoe resort, live and at a glance

Sierra highways close and chain checkpoints go up with little warning. TahoeDrive boils every mountain highway and pass on your route down to one status: open, chains, or closed. It reads Caltrans, NDOT, CHP, and other sources navigation apps skip.

Free No account Phone or laptop
One clear answer
Every source combined into one status per route, and who said so.
Just your routes
The highways that matter, with live conditions on each, not a map to decode.
Opt-in alerts
Follow the routes that matter, and word comes to you when conditions change.
Ready for dead zones
The last report stays with you when cell service drops.

We read every source so you don't have to

A dozen feeds, weighed by reliability and freshness and combined into a single status per route. When they disagree we sort it out; when the picture is thin, we say so.

Caltrans chain & closure feeds
Nevada DOT chain & closure feeds
Caltrans text reports
Electronic highway signs
Nevada DOT message signs
CHP incidents
NV Roads incidents
Snow plow activity
RWIS road sensors
NWS weather
Traffic cameras

Find your resort

Pick where you're headed for a route-by-route read of the drive. Every card opens the full report: the why behind each status, live cameras, storm alerts, and more. It stays readable in a dead zone.

Not skiing? These are the main highways into the basin, so pick the resort nearest where you're headed. New to winter driving? Each card links a driving guide that walks the road, the chain checkpoints, and where conditions turn.

South Lake Tahoe

North Lake Tahoe

Donner Summit · Norden, off I-80

Near Tahoe

A bit further from the lake, but still nearby.

How it works

1

Pick your resort

Get only the road information that matters for your approach, without the noise.

2

Read one status

Chain controls, closures, incidents, cameras, and weather, reconciled into one clear status for each route.

3

Set an alert

Turn on alerts for the routes you pick and we'll push a notification when chain controls go up or the road closes, so you hear about it before you're on the road.

Keep it one tap away

Open the app

Open the app first, then add it to your home screen. Offline mode and alerts only work from the installed app, not from this page.

iPhoneOpen the app → Share → Add to Home Screen
AndroidOpen the app → ⋮ menu → Install app
DesktopOpen the app → Install in the address bar