South Lake Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe
Cityscape of South Lake Tahoe
Location in California
South Lake Tahoe
Basic data
Foundation :	November 30, 1965
State :	United States
State :	California
County :	El Dorado County
Coordinates :	38 ° 56 ′  N , 119 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 56 ′  N , 119 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone :	Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents :	23,609 (as of: 2000)
Population density :	908 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	42.7 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of which 26.0 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	1901 m
Postal code :	96150
Area code :	+1 530
FIPS :	06-73108
GNIS ID :	1659822
Website :	www.cityofslt.us
Mayor :	Kathay Lovell
The "Lake Tahoe walk way"

South Lake Tahoe is a city in El Dorado County in the US state of California , United States , with 24,000 inhabitants (as of 2004) and is located on Lake Tahoe .

The urban area has a size of 42.7 km² and is located on US Highway 50 and California State Route 89 .

South Lake Tahoe is the hub of Lake Tahoe tourism . There are some sandy beaches on the outskirts. At the east end of the city is the border between California and Nevada . The " Heavenly Mountain Resort " ski area with 18 lifts is close to this limit . On the Nevada side, the place is called Stateline and consists of several large hotels with casinos .

Olympic preparation 1968

Close to South Lake Tahoe is the Echo Summit ski area, 2249 meters above sea level : a plastic track was built here for US athletes in 1968, where the Olympic Games will be held from September 9 to 17, 1968 Took place in 1968 . The area was chosen because it has a similar elevation to the Olympic city ​​of Mexico City . One month before the Olympic Games, world records were set in the 200- , 400-meter , 400-meter hurdles and pole vaults at Echo Summit . A total of 193 athletes stayed at Echo Summit in the summer of 1968.

After the Olympic Games, the facility became superfluous. It was dismantled and rebuilt as a middle school sports field in South Lake Tahoe. It later weathered and was no longer used.

sons and daughters of the town

• Wisi Betschart (* 1976), alpine skier
• Jamie Anderson (* 1990), snowboarder
• Maddie Bowman (* 1994), freestyle skier

Web links

Commons : South Lake Tahoe, California  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• City of South Lake Tahoe homepage
• Data and maps for South Lake Tahoe on city-data.com
• Valerie Brown: Tracking South Tahoe's forgotten glory ; ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Report on Echo Summit in the Tahoe Daily Tribune of April 23, 1999 (English)