Hiker reports seeing body in Cascade Lake

An El Dorado County search and rescue crew is at Cascade Lake this morning searching for a possible body.

A woman hiking on April 9 to Cascade Falls reported to deputies that afternoon that she thought she saw a body floating in the lake.

Nothing was found on Wednesday. A dive team was searching the South Shore lake off Highway 89 on Thursday morning. CalStar is also assisting with the search.

El Dorado County sheriff’s Lt. Pete Van Arnum told Lake Tahoe News there has been no report of a missing hiker.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report