Introducing Truckee & Donner Lake
Cradled by mountains and the Tahoe National Forest, Truckee is a thriving town steeped in Old West history. It was put on the map by the railroad, grew rich on logging and ice harvesting and even had its brush with Hollywood during the 1924 filming of Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush. Today tourism fills much of the city’s coffers, thanks to a well-preserved historical downtown and its proximity to Lake Tahoe and world-class ski resorts.
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West of Truckee, 3-mile-long Donner Lake is a busy recreational hub. The Donner Party camped nearby during the fateful winter of 1846. Donner Summit, further west, has six downhill and cross-country ski resorts.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Labor Day trip
by SusieGirl7 17 April 2012
There is a cluster of hotels/motels in the Pleasanton/Fremont/Dublin area that are near BART or within driving distance. I feel like…
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RE: Backpacking (Trekking) in Northern CA
by trekker502 01 March 2012
Actually, yesterday, during a 24-hours period, Truckee, along Interstate-80 near Lake Tahoe, got 5 feet of snowfall! The Coast Mountains…
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RE: Driving from Orange County to Boise, Idaho
by montereyjack 31 January 2012
I thought that you were asking to fill five days between Idaho and Calif, sorry. If you want just to see the lake, the quickest is to…
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