Donner Pass
Americannoun
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At Donner Pass along Interstate 80, an additional 18 inches of snow could fall through early Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
In a post on X, the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in Donner Pass called it the “first measurable snow” of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
The area near Donner Pass, a famously bad place to get stuck in the snow in a covered wagon, had its snowiest March since 1952.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2023
The Central Sierra Snow Lab off Interstate 80 near Donner Pass, near 7,000 feet, measured a “rain-soaked” 9.3 inches of snow Friday and has tallied 617 inches of snow since October.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2023
The Sierra Nevada range upon the east has been crossed at Donner Pass, and upon the south an outlet has been found through the Tehachapi Pass.
From The Western United States A Geographical Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)
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