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Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) [2] mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada themselves, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual approach from the west.
The railroad originally traversed the steep north cliffs of the peak via tunnels and snow sheds before the 10,322-foot-long (3,146 m) Tunnel #41 running under Mount Judah and Donner Peak was opened in 1925. The peak, pass, and lake are named for the ill-fated Donner Party who spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound at the east end of Donner ...
English: Donner Hill at the mouth of Emigration Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah. Condominium complexes are visible at the top of Donner Hill; AT&T's "Salt Lake City Junction" microwave tower can also be seen. In 1846, the Donner–Reed Party climbed Donner Hill to avoid the heavily overgrown stream area at the canyon's mouth.
Sugar Bowl just off the Donner Summit received five inches and has 18% of its trails open while Heavenly saw three inches and remains just 3% open, with 15 of 114 trails available.
An aerial view of the Donner Summit Bridge on Old Highway 40 earlier this month shows all the snowfall from this recent storms. “Last year was a completely different story,” Paduano said ...
Donner Memorial State Park is located outside Truckee, California. It has 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of hiking trails, campgrounds, and 3 miles (4.8 km) of lake frontage on Donner Lake, east of Donner Pass. The 3,293-acre (1,333 ha) park was established in 1928. [4]
George R. Stewart Peak is located one-half mile northeast of Donner Pass, on land managed by Tahoe National Forest. It is situated in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, with precipitation runoff from the peak draining to Donner Lake. Neighbors include Donner Peak, one mile (1.6 km) to the south, and line parent Boreal Ridge, 1.4 miles (2.3 km ...
The mountain pass, which can be perilous in snow, is named for the infamous Donner Party, a group of pioneers who resorted to cannibalism after getting trapped there in the winter of 1846-1847.