1. Donner Pass - Noun
2. Donner Pass - Proper noun
a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died
Source: WordNetA more direct connection came in 1869 with the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad through Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Source: Internet
Donner Pass is known as one of the snowiest places in the United States. Source: Internet