Self-Guided Driving Tour from Tahoe City to Donner Summit
2–3 hours · 4.3★ from 4 reviews · from $15
- Getting there
- Under an hour from Reno over the Mount Rose Highway
- Getting to the start
- You meet the operator there
- How long
- 2–3 hours
- From
- $15 USD
- Reviews
- 4.3★
Our read
Adequate review evidence: 4.3★ from 4 reviews.
What the operator says is included
- Get unlimited, lifetime use of this tour, before your booking date and after it
- The virtual playback option, so you can listen to this tour like an audiobook from anywhere
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
- Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
What the operator says
Follow the Donner Party pioneers' trail as you hear their ill-fated saga unfold on this self-guided driving tour. Experience the magic of GPS playback on this immersive self-guided driving tour from Tahoe City to Donner Summit. When the Reed family became trapped and snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, their lives would never be the same. On this driving tour, you’ll hear Virginia Reed’s firsthand account of the challenges and victories that these members of the Donner Party pioneer group experienced while stranded for almost four months, through the 12-year-old’s journal. On the drive, you'll visit the Donner Memorial State Park, take in the spectacular view from the top of the Donner Summit, and contemplate the difficulties the Donner Party experienced in the winter of 1846–47. You may stop where you want, when you want, and for as long as you want. It’s up to you!
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