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Donner Pass

2,151 m7,057 ft

Tonight: 29°FFair · Wind 8–21 mph ENE

Donner Pass is a mountain pass at 2,151 m in California, United States.

All facts

Saddle: 2,151 m
Lowest point: 2,068 m / 1,817 m

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Pass

Donner Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: 2000 Pacific Crest Trail, Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Donner Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Donner Pass terrain and contours

25 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Donner Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Donner Pass weather

Today · Clear · 29 / 47°F (-2 / 8°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 8 mph ENE

Donner Pass forecast for about 2,153 m.

Today29°47°1%8 mph ENE
Sat30°54°–2–18 mph ENE
Sun33°56°–2–6 mph SW
Mon29°51°6%10–14 mph SW
Tue30°54°6%2–6 mph SSW
Wed32°55°3%2–6 mph S
Thu32°52°20%5 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Donner Pass

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Donner Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.2 km NE
+2 more within 0.4 km
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Nearest trailhead
Donner Peak Trailhead
0.5 km WSW
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Nearest campsite
2.7 km S
+2 more within 6.3 km
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Nearest hut
Frog Lake Backcountry Huts
6.1 km N · +2 more within 7.0 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Parking	0.2 km NE
Parking	0.4 km W
Parking	0.4 km NE
Donner Peak TrailheadTrailhead	0.5 km WSW
Campsite	2.7 km S
Onion Creek CampgroundCampsite	5.8 km SW
Frog Lake Backcountry HutsHut	6.1 km N
Campsite	6.3 km NNW
Benson HutHut	6.5 km SSE
Peter Grubb HutHut	7.0 km NW

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 54% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

53.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.9%

Steep, 30–45°

7.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.6%

Steeper than 30°: 8.2% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 744 m low point 1,810 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 78.2%Grassland 13.8%Bare rock / sparse 4.9%Built-up 1.7%Water 1.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Donner Pass.

Summit list 9

1Mount Stephens2,211 m 0.6 km NNE
2McGlashan Point2,098 m 0.7 km NE
3George R. Stewart Peak2,237 m 1.1 km NNE
4Signal Hill2,362 m 1.2 km NW
5Donner Peak2,435 m 1.3 km ESE
6Mount Judah2,513 m 2.0 km SSE
7Mount Disney2,421 m 2.6 km SSW
8Crows Nest2,404 m 2.9 km SW
9Mount Lincoln2,551 m 3.0 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 856 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mountain Pride302
Mountain Spirea287
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily214
Sierra Tiger Lily187
Fireweed146
Purple Mountain-heath128

Where it sits

Where Donner Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Loon Lake36 km S

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Print & wall

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Donner Pass

West → east through the centre

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