“Every year our incredible team at the Kingvale Communications Center puts together a list of winter stats. We all know what a crazy season it was in the Sierra Nevada, but here are the numbers for Interstate 80 at Donner Pass!”
If there’s any organization that keeps close tabs on the weather in Tahoe it’s the crews the maintain the highways. Here’s the breakdown by Cal-Trans District 3 of the truly monumental winter of 2022/2023. Apologies if you got caught in traffic on the way to the mountains but thats the price we pay for powder days:
I-80/Donner Pass Winter Stats:
- Total Snowfall: 730 inches (60 feet 10 inches)
- Total Days of Snowfall: 64
- Total Days of Chain Control: 78
- Total Hours of Chain Control: ~900 hours (37.5 days)
- Total Closures: 15
