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The donner party got stuck in snow because they were caught in a huge snowfall.
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What Group of pioneers trapped in the sierra Nevada range by winter snow?
donner party xD once agan i answer my question
How long were the Donner Party stuck in the serria Nevadas?
6 months
What trail did the Donner Party take?
The group left too late in the spring, so when they were getting into the mountains the winter snows hit. They were stuck.
Was John C Fremont apart of the Donner party?
No. He urged the Donner Party to take a shortcut which caused the party unnecessary hardship. If the Donner Party had not taken the shortcut, they would have made it to Sacramento before snow came to the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Who cut the trip to California and his followers died in the snow of the Sierra Nevadas?
You are thinking of the Donner Party.
How many wagons did the Donner party have?
16 wagons were on the donner party And 87 people that were with the donner party.
What went wrong at the donner party?
The Donner Party took off from Independence, MO too late. Back then, you didn't have any good transpertation system like we do now. So they had to rely on wagons. They couldn't take off too early because the grass was needed the horse/mule/oxen to eat. They couldn't take off too late because they wouldn't be able to cross the Rockys because of the snow. So the timing was very important. The Donner Party took off too late so they got stuck on the Rockys.
What was the average in winter season monthly snow fall for the Sierra Nevada Mountains Donner Pass?
Not sure what the annual slow fall rate is but at the Donner Pass memorial the plaque said the 22 foot height of the memorial represented the depth of the snow when the Donner Party was trapped there.
What mountains did the donner party have to cross?
There was only one major mountain range that the Donner Party had to cross through. The Rocky Mountain. The Rockys caused a lot of trouble for the people going out to west. The Donner Party took off late from Independence, MO, so the Donner Party got stuck in the Rockys. That's what caused the Donner Party to become so famous and the number of people going to the west decreased dramatically. Then the Gold Rush started and the numbers went way up.
Margaret donner in donner party?
There was a girl named Mary Donner in the Donner Party, and a woman named Margaret Reed.
Were the Donner Party LDS pioneers?
No. The Donner Party were not Mormon pioneers.
When was The Donner Party - film - created?
The Donner Party - film - was created in 2009.
