All directions are from Interstate 80, Donner Pass Road, Exit 184, Truckee, CA 96161
(***Attention iPhone Users: Use Google Maps instead of Apple Maps when finding directions to any of the listed places below. Apple Maps will sometimes direct you to the wrong location***)
Prosser Ranch Group Campsite / Start Line:
Location on Google Maps
39.37756, -120.15675
- Take I-80 East toward Reno for 7.1 miles
- Take exit 188A toward Truckee
- Turn left onto Donner Pass Road
- At the traffic circle, take the second exit to stay on Donner Pass Rd
- At the next traffic circle, take the third exit to turn left on 89N
- At the third traffic circle, take the second exit to stay on 89N
- Stay on 89N for 3.1 miles
- The trailhead will be on your right
Sugar Bowl Resort / Finish Line:
Location on Google Maps
39.306357, -120.333473
- Take I-80 West toward Sacramento for 9.1 miles
- Take exit 180 toward Donner Lake
- Continue onto ramp, turn left on Billy Mack Rd, and continue onto Donner Pass Rd
- Turn right onto Donner Pass Rd/Old 40
- Stay on Old 40 for 3.7 miles (this is a windy road)
- Turn left on Sugar Bowl Rd (across from Donner Ski Ranch) and continue for 1.8 miles
To Johnson Canyon / Mile 24.5 (about 7 minutes from Donner Memorial State Park):
Location on Google Maps
39.332883, -120.290845
- Take I-80 West toward Sacramento for 3.5 miles
- Take exit 180 for Donner Lake
- Turn right at the bottom of the ramp onto Billy Mack Rd
- The trailhead and aid station will be directly ahead
To Van Norden / Mile 50 (about 25 minutes from Donner Memorial State Park)
Safety runners will sign waivers and pick up their bibs at Van Norden
Location on Google Maps
39.322452, -120.378824
- Take I-80 West toward Sacramento for 10 miles
- Take exit 174 for Soda Springs/Norden
Be careful with our runners on the road! - Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Donner Pass Rd for less than a mile
- At the blinking light, turn right at Soda Springs Rd
- Parking and the aid station are in the Royal Gorge parking lot, left just after the train tracks