Exploring Donner Pass

We spent the day exploring Donner State Park and the Donner Tunnels. So interesting to think about how difficult it was to get to the West Coast. The museum at the state park had exhibits on the Donner party tragedy, how the Washoe tribe lived in the area, the building of the railroad and tunnels by Chinese immigrants, and the history of roads and highways in the area. We did a hike through the Donner tunnels which the first trains went through to protect from snow and avalanches. They are now graffiti tunnels with art changing all the time.Read more