Winter hike to see Tuesday's Cave Rock traffic

CAVE ROCK, Nev. - Ryan Curry hiked up to the top of Cave Rock during the Lake Tahoe traffic jam on Tuesday night and took this photo at 7:30 p.m. He wanted to show his business partner, Russ Irwin, just how the traffic looked. Irwin had been unable to get back to Lake Tahoe due to the traffic on US-50 and SR-207.

The blue-lighted tree seen in the photo is on US50 at the turn up into Cave Rock Estates. Heavenly Valley and Gun Barrel Run are in the distant background of the photo.