OLYMPIC VALLEY · SINCE 1965
Hot rubberized crack sealing in Olympic Valley.
The valley road runs flat to the base area, which makes access simple even when the surrounding terrain is not. Robert E. Sutton Co. works out of Truckee, licensed in California and Nevada, and crack sealing is one of the three things we do. Call (530) 587-4161.
What the work involves
Cracks get cleaned out and filled with hot rubberized sealant that stays flexible through the freeze and thaw cycles. It is the highest-value pavement work at this elevation, because it stops water before water becomes ice inside your pavement.
Why it matters at this elevation
Crack sealing is the cheapest insurance in mountain pavement maintenance. The damage that finishes pavement off happens in the base, under the asphalt, and the base gets wet through cracks. Closing them with flexible hot rubber keeps the water out through a season of freezing and thawing.
Around 6,200 feet the pavement carries snow cover for a long stretch and then spends spring cycling through melt and refreeze. That cycle, more than the cold itself, is what widens cracks and softens the base. Getting the surface tight before the snow arrives is worth more than anything done after it leaves.
How the job runs
Sequence matters against the calendar too. Cracks sit at their narrowest in summer heat, so material placed then gets compressed rather than stretched when winter opens things back up. That is easier on the seal and it lasts longer for it.
Olympic Valley pavement specifically
Resort base pavement carries surges: day lots, service yards, and the lodging and residential drives spread along the valley floor. Big lots like these are usually done in sections so the operation keeps running through the work.
Palisades Tahoe / Alpine Meadows is on our client list, alongside the valley’s residential lanes and lodge lots. Olympic Valley — home of Palisades Tahoe and the 1960 Winter Games — funnels serious traffic up a single valley road all winter.
The crack pass is the piece that has to happen before winter. Everything else on a property can wait a season. Open cracks going into the snow cannot.
Olympic Valley sits at roughly 6,200 feet, and the pavement around it behaves accordingly. More on the area on our Olympic Valley service area page. We work the same corridor through Agate Bay, Alpine Meadows, Alpine Peaks, and the pavement guides go deeper on the physics if you want it.
Questions
Are you licensed for work in Olympic Valley?
Yes. We hold California license 510637 and Nevada license 29573, classification A-8, which covers both sides of the state line around the north end of the lake.
How often should this be repeated in Olympic Valley?
Crack work is close to annual up here because every winter opens something new. Surface and striping work runs on a cycle measured in a few years, shorter on plowed and heavily used pavement.
What if the weather turns on my scheduled day?
We reschedule. Sealer needs dry pavement and dry hours behind it, and mountain thunderstorms are a fact of July and August. A delayed job beats a rushed one every time, and we will call you rather than surprise you.
Get crack sealing scoped
Call (530) 587-4161 or send a request. We reply within one business day and we will tell you straight what your pavement needs and what it does not.