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At the peak of the storm, some locations — like Donner Pass in California and Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border — could experience snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour and ...
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.
By the time the storm is over Sunday, Donner Pass — named for the ill-fated expedition that became stranded by snow in the 1840s — could get between 5 and 10 feet of snow.
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.
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.
Boreal Mountain California is a ski area in Soda Springs, near the Lake Tahoe area of California. It has six chairlifts and two surface lifts, and offers the only night skiing in Tahoe, until 8 pm. It has six chairlifts and two surface lifts, and offers the only night skiing in Tahoe, until 8 pm.
A swath of the nation could see air and highway traffic slowed by rain and snow. ... Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024 may be in your living room as ... through Donner Pass on Monday and Tuesday may ...
Closer to Southern California, there's a 20% to 30% chance of up to 1 inch of snow along Interstate 5 over the Tejon Pass, commonly referred to as the Grapevine, which connects L.A. County to the ...