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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.
Elitha Donner: 14 Leanna Donner: 12 George Donner, Jr. 9 William Hook† 12 Margret Reed: 32 Virginia Reed: 12 James Reed, Jr. 6 Edward Breen: 13 Simon Breen: 8 William Graves: 17 Eleanor Graves: 14 Lovina Graves: 12 Mary Murphy: 14 William Murphy: 10 Naomi Pike: 2 Philippine Keseberg: 23 Ada Keseberg† 3 Doris Wolfinger: 20 John Denton† 28 ...
A Caltrans tow truck is surrounded by snow along a closed Interstate 80 near Donner Pass on Saturday, March 2, 2024, after authorities shut down the major freeway due to whiteout conditions.
Winters are cold with a January average of 27.2 °F (−2.7 °C) and temperatures below 0 °F (−17.8 °C) occur on 3.6 days per year. [6] Most of the precipitation falls during the winter months with an average precipitation of 38.81 inches (986 mm) and an average snowfall of 182.9 inches (465 cm). [ 6 ]
Even though Pacific storms have become less frequent, as is often the case in April, a new storm will slice across California this weekend, bringing areas of rain, mountain snow, thunderstorms and ...
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 ...
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Monument to the Donner Party in Donner Memorial State Park. The Donner Party ordeal is arguably Truckee's most famous historical event. In 1846, a group of settlers from Illinois, originally known as the Donner-Reed Party but now usually referred to as the Donner Party, became snowbound in early fall as a result of several trail mishaps, poor decision-making, and an early onset of winter that ...