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Echo Summit

Gap on Hawley Grade Trail in Eldorado NF, Sierra Nevada near South Lake Tahoe, CA

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Echo Summit (also known as Johnson Pass) is a mountain pass in the western United States, located in eastern El Dorado County, California. At 7,382 ft (2,250 m) above sea level, it is the highest point on U.S. Route 50 in California, which traverses it at postmile 66.48 between Twin Bridges and Meyers, south of Lake Tahoe. The "Sierra Nevada Southern Route" (aka the "Pioneer Route") of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States, was routed over Echo Summit in 1913. The "Sierra Nevada Northern Route" of the Lincoln Highway goes over Donner Pass.

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