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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.
Soda Springs (formerly, Summit Valley, Soda Springs Station, Hopkins, Hopkins Springs, and Tinkers Station) [4] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place [5] (CDP) in Nevada County, California, United States. [2] Soda Springs is located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Donner Pass. [4] The population was 81 at the 2010 census.
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 ...
Donner Ski Ranch is a budget-oriented, family owned ski area located on Donner Summit in the Tahoe National Forest of Nevada County, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is owned by Janet and Marshall Tuttle, who purchased it after it went into bankruptcy. [ 3 ]
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 ...
Map of Donner Party encampments on Donner Lake. Finally, a large, early blizzard brought the remaining settlers to a halt at the edge of what is now Donner Lake, about 1,200 feet (370 m) below the steep granite summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains and 90 miles (140 km) east of their final destination, Sutter's Fort (near Sacramento). Several ...
We've issued a Winter Storm Watch for Sat and Sun at elevations above 3000 ft in the Sierra & S Cascades for possible heavy snow. Totals & timing are still uncertain as the storm evolves.
Both the lake and the pass were named after the ill-fated Donner Party, [when?] which wintered involuntarily near the lake in 1846. Donner Memorial State Park was established in 1928; it is not clear when the name of the lake was changed from Truckee to Donner. The state park is on the east end of the lake and provides campsites with access to ...