Twin Bridges is a small

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U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...

near the

Desolation Wilderness The Desolation Wilderness is a federally protected wilderness area in the Eldorado National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, in El Dorado County, California. The crest of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada runs through it, just ...

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. It is located west of

Echo Summit Echo Summit is a mountain pass over the Sierra Nevada in the western United States, located in eastern El Dorado County, California. At above sea level, it is the highest point on U.S. Route 50 in California, which traverses it at postmile 6 ...

, at an elevation of . It has a population of 14 people according to

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figures, however, as of 2008, the road sign lists the population as 10. Right after the town, the U.S. 50 eastbound starts a steep ascent to

, passing

Sierra-at-Tahoe Sierra-at-Tahoe is a ski and snowboard resort in Twin Bridges, California south of Lake Tahoe. Sierra-at-Tahoe is approximately 16 miles (26 km) south of Stateline, Nevada and south of South Lake Tahoe on U.S. Route 50 and is contained w ...

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shortly before the summit. When

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are required on the summit,

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often establishes chain control in Twin Bridges.It is likely because of the limited availability of shoulders where chains can be installed on summit approaches. The ZIP codes are 95721 and 95735. The community is inside

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. The former

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Edelweiss See also: was just above Twin Bridges on US-50, at what is now called Camp Sacramento. It was the home hill for future Olympian ski racer

Spider Sabich Vladimir Peter Sabich Jr. (January 10, 1945 – March 21, 1976) was an American alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team on the World Cup circuit in the late 1960s. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and was the pro ski racing cham ...

. He was raised in Kyburz, west, in the 1950s and early 1960s. A

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opened in Twin Bridges in 1947.

Demographics

The population is 99% white; 1% Hispanic; 50% male, 50% female.refzip
access date 2008-02-13 The average household size is 2, and the average family size is 2.2. There are 125 housing units which are largely unoccupied vacation homes. 100% of the population speaks the

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Climate

Twin Bridges has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsb) characterized by warm, dry summers, and cold, extremely snowy winters.

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