These tunnels on Donner Pass aren’t abandoned… they’re still crowded with the silence of the Chinese laborers who never came out. Step inside and you walk through more than a dark throat of stone. You walk through the graves of the forgotten, which number in the hundreds.. . . #bluewolfgallery #palisadespress #tahoequarterly #enchantment #donnertunnels #truckeelove | Michael Kennedy

Watch a train bulldoze through feet of snow in California’s Donner Pass

Train plow through snow at Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada

❄️🚨 WINTER STORM ALERT – Donner Pass / I-80 Christmas Eve 🚨❄️ Heads up #California travelers — heavy snow and dangerous winter weather are hitting Donner Pass and I-80 on Christmas Eve! 🌨️ Interstate 80 is seeing chain controls, slick roads, spinouts, and traffic holds, especially near Truckee & Donner Summit as the Sierra Nevada gets hit with a major storm system. Cars are being turned back & delays are widespread. ❄️🚗💨 ⚠️ Travel NOT advised right now — conditions are white-out, icy, and e