Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Grand Mesa Summit [m] 10,839 feet ... Blue Lake Pass: 12,969 feet 3,953 m ... Colorado Trail Browns Pass [h] 11,998 feet 3,657 m ...
Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises 2,100 feet (640 meters) above Donner Lake in 1.5 mile. Neighbors include George R. Stewart Peak, one mile (1.6 km) to the north, and line parent Mount Judah, 0.73 miles (1.17 km) to the south. [3] The Pacific Crest Trail traverses the west slope of the peak, providing an approach from Donner Pass ...
The railroad tunnels are a spot drivers on Interstate 80 over Donner Summit can see coming and going from Lake Tahoe. DNU: Explore Outdoors: Train tunnels along Donner Summit [Video] Skip to main ...
Snow began to fall. The Breens made it up the "massive, nearly vertical slope" 1,000 feet (300 m) to Truckee Lake (now known as Donner Lake), 3 miles (4.8 km) from the pass summit, and camped near a cabin that had been built two years earlier by members of the Stephens–Townsend–Murphy Party. [75]
Bear Lake Summit Utah: 2383 m 7,818 ft ... Foot trail Cerro Summit Colorado: 2426 m 7,958 ft Denver & Rio Grande Railroad 1882 ... Foot trail Eccles Pass Colorado: 3625 m
The state park contains the Emigrant Trail Museum and the Pioneer Monument dedicated to the travelers of the Emigrant Trail. 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 ...
Summit Lake Park is a park located along Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway about 64 miles (100 km) west of Denver, Colorado. The park is 160 acres (0.65 km 2 ) in size and contains alpine tundra . Land to the east of the lake is in a state of permafrost which helps to prevent drainage of the area. [ 2 ]