Snow could fall at rates near 2 inches per hour, which could render Interstate 80 near Truckee and Donner Pass in California ... of the West Coast and Columbia River Basin. Winter storm warnings ...

Donner Pass was not. The Pacific road could climb straight to the pass before following the Truckee River down out of the mountains. Judah had found his route. Investors soon followed. In ...

Although it was already early summer of 1867, portions of California's Donner Pass remained blanketed in ... of the Summit Tunnel to the Truckee River by year's end. Tunneling efforts continued ...

This is the incredible story of the men and equipment that battle the long cold winter months against the impossible odds to keep this historic mountain pass open ... of Donner Pass in action ...