Donner Pass

Donner Pass is a huge step, and the highest point along Interstate 80 in Northern California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The wheelbase is nine miles west of Truckee, California. At an altitude of 7,085 meters, the important step historical significance with regard to its function as a barrier to travel and the consequent loss of life. In winter 1846-1847, more than forty people from Donner Party died because of their inability to overcome the transition is Donner Passnarrow and has a strong accent from the East, with a gradual increase from the west.

For the first settlers in the western half of the nineteenth century, travel across the step was very difficult. The passage receives large amounts of snow, averaging 415 centimeters of snow annually and is one of the snowiest places in the United States. The pass can also be very windy, winter storms bring wind speeds exceeding 100 mph.

In 1968, the Central PacificRailroad completed construction of the first railway to cross the Sierra Nevada. The construction of this railway line has more than five years to complete, with the last phase, a tunnel 1,506 feet, through Donner Pass. In 1913 he called a road, the Lincoln Highway, was completed over Donner Pass. Lincoln Highway was the first road to cross to America. In the early 1960s, Interstate 80 opened, greatly increasing the accessibility of the pass.

The pitch is now a popularfree place for skiing, hiking, mountaineering and ice climbing. It is located 180 miles northeast of San Francisco is the nearest ski destination in the Bay Area. Donner Pass is home to two ski resorts, Boreal Ski Resort Sugar Bowl Ski Resort. Are you going to go over today!