Donner Pass

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mountain pass

Donner Pass is a historically significant mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its challenging terrain, transcontinental railroad route, and the ill-fated Donner Party.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Donner Party	1
Donner Party tragedy	1
Donner Party winter encampment of 1846–1847	1
Donner Pass highway crossing	1
Donner Pass operations	1
Donner Pass route	1
Donner Pass vicinity (western approaches)	1
Donner Summit	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain pass ⓘ
administrativeRegion	Nevada County, California ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distanceFrom	about 9 miles west of Truckee ⓘ
elevation	approximately 2,151 meters ⓘ approximately 7,056 feet ⓘ
feature	granite cliffs ⓘ rocky terrain ⓘ steep grades ⓘ
hasClimate	snowy alpine climate ⓘ
hasNearbySkiArea	Boreal Mountain California ⓘ Sugar Bowl Resort ⓘ
hasViewOf	Donner Lake ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada peaks
historicalEvent	Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Donner Party winter encampment of 1846–1847
isOnRoute	Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) ⓘ historic California Trail vicinity ⓘ
knownFor	Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Donner Party tragedy challenging winter weather ⓘ heavy snowfall ⓘ historic overland emigrant route ⓘ transcontinental railroad route ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Central Valley ⓘ surface form: Sacramento Valley
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Nevada County, California ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ
locatedNear	Donner Lake ⓘ Truckee ⓘ surface form: Truckee, California
locatedWestOf	Truckee ⓘ surface form: Truckee, California
mountainRange	Sierra Nevada ⓘ
namedAfter	Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Donner Party
partOf	Sierra Nevada transportation corridor ⓘ
railroadEngineeringFeature	snow sheds ⓘ tunnels ⓘ
snowfallRecord	among highest in contiguous United States ⓘ
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
transportationImportance	major east–west route across northern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
traversedBy	Central Pacific Railroad historic route ⓘ Interstate 80 ⓘ Old U.S. Route 40 ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
usedFor	hiking ⓘ rail transportation ⓘ recreation ⓘ road transportation ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ ski touring ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Placer County → contains → Donner Pass ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Pass vicinity (western approaches)

Sierra Nevada → crossedBy → Donner Pass ⓘ

Donner Lake → hasNearbyPass → Donner Pass ⓘ

Sierra Nevada transportation corridor → hasPart → Donner Pass ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Pass highway crossing

Donner Pass → historicalEvent → Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Party winter encampment of 1846–1847

Sierra Nevada passes → include → Donner Pass ⓘ

Donner Pass → knownFor → Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Party tragedy

Boreal Mountain California → locatedOn → Donner Pass ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Summit

Donner Pass → namedAfter → Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Party

Central Pacific Railroad historic route → passesThrough → Donner Pass ⓘ

Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive → railroadLineUsedOn → Donner Pass ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Pass route

Sierra Nevada transportation corridor → traverses → Donner Pass ⓘ

Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) → usesMountainPass → Donner Pass ⓘ

Southern Pacific Railroad → wasKnownFor → Donner Pass ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Pass operations