mountain pass in E Calif., in the Sierra Nevada: c. 7,100 ft (2,164 m) high
See Donner Pass in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dŏnˈər)
A pass, 2,162.1 m (7,089 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California near Lake Tahoe. It is named after the Donner Party of westward migrants whose survivors supposedly practiced cannibalism after being trapped in a snowstorm near here in October 1846.