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The road passes are generally listed from north to south, with their elevation and access road. The California Department of Transportation attempts to keep Donner Summit ( Interstate 80 , I-80), Echo Summit ( U.S. Route 50 , US 50) and Carson Pass ( State Route 88 , SR 88) open year-round.
Pages in category "Mountain passes of the Sierra Nevada (United States)" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.
Sonora Pass (el. 9,624 ft. / 2,933 m.) is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada in California. It is the second-highest pass with a road in California and in the Sierra Nevada. [2] It is 321 feet (98 m) lower than Tioga Pass to the south. [3] State Route 108 traverses the pass, as does the Pacific Crest Trail.
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.
It’s that time of year again — the great snow-clearing effort to get Central Sierra Nevada passes open again after a wet winter. Caltrans District 9 maintenance crews working Highway 108 in ...
Beckwourth Pass is located at the north eastern edge of Sierra Valley at Chilcoot-Vinton, California near the border between Plumas County and Lassen County, 20 miles (32 km) east of Portola, California and 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Reno, Nevada. California State Route 70 crosses over Beckwourth Pass.
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