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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.
It has ski lifts on both sides of Donner Summit, and is located close to Sugar Bowl Ski Resort. 25% of its terrain is beginner, 50% intermediate, and 25% advanced, but of the 52 runs 16 are of beginning difficulty, 20 are intermediate, and 16 are advanced. The rustic lodge, built-in 1947, is mostly made of wood, and has open pipes.
“Sierra at Tahoe Ski Resort measured 61 inches of snowfall at the summit over the last 72 hours. 26 inches measured at summit in last 24 hours. 50.5 inches measured at base level over last 72 ...
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.
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 ...
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. Most other passes at higher elevation than these are usually closed during winter, with opening and closure dates varying based on snowfall and available ...
California Highway Patrol pleaded with drivers to not attempt to cross over Donner Summit on I-80. “Officers have been responding to stuck motorists all day,” the CHP Truckee division wrote in ...
Interstate 80 (I-80) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.The segment of I-80 in California runs east from San Francisco across the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge to Oakland, where it turns north and crosses the Carquinez Bridge before turning back northeast through the Sacramento Valley.