❄️🚨 WINTER STORM ALERT – Donner Pass / I-80 Christmas Eve 🚨❄️ Heads up #California travelers — heavy snow and dangerous winter weather are hitting Donner Pass and I-80 on Christmas Eve! 🌨️ Interstate 80 is seeing chain controls, slick roads, spinouts, and traffic holds, especially near Truckee & Donner Summit as the Sierra Nevada gets hit with a major storm system. Cars are being turned back & delays are widespread. ❄️🚗💨 ⚠️ Travel NOT advised right now — conditions are white-out, icy, and e

Dean Croke on Instagram: "⛰️ Donner Pass sits around 7,200 feet and under the right conditions, things can go from wet pavement and light rain to whiteout, chain control, road closure in 30–90 minutes. ❄️ Old-timer rule of thumb in winter: if a storm is anywhere near the Sierra, assume Donner Pass will deteriorate faster than predicted and recover slower than hoped. The pass doesn’t ease into trouble; it snaps into it."