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Farther north, along I-80 at Donner Pass and Truckee, California, up to a few inches of snow will fall from late Saturday night to Sunday evening. Slippery conditions cannot be ruled out over the ...
Weather. 24/7 Help. ... For places above 7,000 feet, like Donner Pass, at least 2-4 feet of snow is expected through Tuesday. Places at lower elevations, like Truckee, California, at 5,804 feet ...
UC Berkeley’s Sierra Snow Lab — which sits just off Donner Pass Road — had recorded another 23.8 inches after receiving 39.8 inches by Saturday morning: “This takes us to over five feet ...
"All or mostly rain will fall on Interstate 80 at Donner Pass and Truckee, California, ... Unlock advanced, hyperlocal severe weather alerts when you subscribe to Premium+ on the AccuWeather app.
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 ...
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.
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 ha) park was established in 1928. [4]
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 ...