Talk:Donner Pass

message: I'd like to see statistics regarding the snowfall in Donner Pass to verify the superlative claim. MojaveNC 21:32, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a link to a page that has a chart of snowfall records for Donnar Pass. The claim is accurate. MarcusGraly 19:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Me confused, article says "Precipitation averages 51.6 inches (1,310 mm) per year" then it says "an average of 411.5 inches"  Please unconfuse me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.59.128.48 (talk) 03:52, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe Precipitation is inches of water-equivalent (when the snow melts). Typically, 1 foot of snow is equivalent to 1 inch of rainwater, so the 411.5 inches of snow is about 34 inches of water: the other 17 fall as actual rain. —hike395 (talk) 04:05, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Snowfall Statistics

message: Q: How should we handle the "traversed by" infobox. To be technical I-80 does not cross Donner Pass. What crosses Donner Pass is the SP railroad and the former route of U.S. 40.  I have no problem listing I-80 here also but the article should be consistant. In the main line article it is stated that I-80 does not cross Donner Pass but rather the Euer saddle a few miles to the north.  What should be changed, the main line or the info box? Davemeistermoab 04:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction in Article 

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message: Also, over on Donner Pass, I was just there a few months back (I know, OR), and stood at that location... the source that you give for Donner Pass is indeed definitive ordinarily, but this particular station isn't at the actual Donner Pass... You know how benchmarks, stations like this one aren't always right at the feature.  The low point (saddle), the actual pass, is of course not on Rt. 40's north side there (the new road), but south just a bit at the coordinates and (lower) elevation that I provided, where the historic road (Lincoln Hwy, Old Donner Pass Rd.) crossed the ridge... quite a bitter lower there at the actual pass, where topo maps, GPS readings, etc. clearly show that as the lowest point on the ridge and the pass; there just happens to be no benchmark or station there.  In short, we've got an accurately surveyed station near Donner Pass, but it's neither at the actual pass, nor the lowest point on the ridge (which, by definition, is the pass.)DLinth (talk) 03:58, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The description of the benchmark from the NGS datasheet says, "THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DONNER PASS ROAD (OLD US HIGHWAY 40) AT DONNER PASS". I'm not sure what else to do --- the NGS says the benchmark is at the Pass. I don't want to rely on original research to define the pass with no reliable source. But you're right, the point is ~130 feet higher than what the topo map says should be the pass elevation. —hike395 (talk) 04:30, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that the 1899 book doesn't have a lat/long, just an elevation. And it uses Josiah Whitney as the source: I would be shocked if the California Geological Survey was accurate to within 10 feet elevation. Interpreting the 1899 book to support a lat/long value seems like synthesis of sources —hike395 (talk) 04:36, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
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