4-wheeler gets stuck in meadow by Angora

A driver got caught four-wheeling in a Tahoe meadow on Dec. 11. Photos/LTN

A recent transplant to the Lake Tahoe Basin learned the hard way where not to go four-wheeling.

The driver, whose name has not been released, got his Chevy Blazer stuck Dec. 11 in the meadow by Angora on the South Shore.

With all the rain the area has received in the last week, it’s like a bog there. The SUV had mud up to its axel.

The U.S. Forest Service cited the man for driving off a designated route. Heather Noel with the USFS said what he was deliberate.

The preliminary assessment is that there was not extensive damage done to the meadow, but the USFS will be looking at the area further.

“Driving or riding off designated routes on national forests can cause unacceptable resource damage to include vegetation and wildlife habitat destruction, soil erosion, and degraded streams,” Noel told Lake Tahoe News. “By utilizing roads and trails designed for use through forests and grasslands, our natural resource communities are less likely to be stressed by recreational use.”

— Lake Tahoe News staff report