Donner Pass
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Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada itself,
Panorama of the view to the east in July 2013
Summit Tunnel. Composite image: tracks removed in 1993 digitally restored
CPRR Engineers L. M. Clement and T. D. Judah
Panoramic view of Donner Summit from above CPRR Tunnel #6 with Donner Lake in the distance and Donner Peak to right
Truckee, California
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Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 16,729, an increase from the 16,180 recorded in the 2010 census.
Donner Pass
…7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) 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 itself, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual approach from the west. The pass has been used by the California…
Donner Pass Road
Monument to the Donner Party in Donner Memorial State Park
First snow of winter, Trout Creek, December 2007
A house in Truckee