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  2. Donner Pass - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Donner Memorial State Park - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of mountain passes in California - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. California blizzard shuts down I-80 over Sierra - AOL

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    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.

  6. California could see 10 feet of snow as Sierra Nevada braces ...

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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 ...

  7. 37 million at risk for flooding from blockbuster California ...

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    In the mid-and high country of the Sierra Nevada, feet to yards of snow will pile up from the storm with the risk of road closures along Interstate 80 over Donner Pass, California. Some secondary ...

  8. Donner Party - Wikipedia

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    The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada .

  9. Donner Lake - Wikipedia

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    They took five other wagons across the pass into the Central Valley on November 25, 1844. [2] 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 ...