The Donner Party Thousands of people migrated from the Midwest to California through the pass, with the tragic events that happened to a large group of travelers in October 1846 gaining national ...

After winter conditions closed i-80 going into California, the pass through the Sierra Nevada has reopened. Here's when it could close again.

It’s not the first time the area has seen such weather. Donner Pass is considered to be “the most important historical square mile in California and maybe the entire Western United States,” according ...