A group of U.S. Bureau of Land Management interns trekked three days this week across a blistering stretch of Utah desert, re-creating part of the 1846 path of the ill-fated Donner Party.

The California Highway Patrol says about a 3-mile stretch of old Highway 40 near the top of the Sierra Nevada between Truckee and the Sugar Bowl ski resort will remain closed for several days ...

The road is Donner Pass Road, also known as old Highway 40. Drivers from Reno and Truckee use it to visit several ski areas in the Soda Springs area near Donner Lake.

Donner Memorial State Park is about 180 miles from the Bay Bridge, following Interstate 80 east. Just before Truckee, exit at Donner Pass Road and drive south a short distance to park headquarters.

Feds have rejected a proposal to prospect for potash in an area crossed by Donner Party.

Summit Canyon is a 260-acre jewel tucked between Donner Lake and Donner Summit. The largest tributaries to Donner Lake are located in this canyon: Summit Creek and Billy Mack Canyon Creek.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A pair of backcountry endurance athletes who became obsessed with the Donner Party spent the last seven years researching and exploring the Sierra on foot to try to ...

A group of U.S. Bureau of Land Management interns trekked three days across a blistering stretch of Utah desert, recreating part of the 1846 path of the ill-fated Donner Party.

The path across Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert en route to California delayed the Donner Party, leading to starvation, deaths and cannibalism when they became stranded in the Sierra Nevada.

A group of U.S. Bureau of Land Management interns recreated part of the 1846 path of the ill-fated Donner Party.

A group of U.S. Bureau of Land Management interns trekked three days this week across a blistering stretch of Utah desert, recreating part of the 1846 path of the ill-fated Donner Party.

The path across Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert en route to California delayed the Donner Party, leading to starvation, deaths and cannibalism when they became stranded in the Sierra Nevada later ...