Donner Lake Inn Donner Lake Inn Everything you need before the drive: live I-80 status over Donner Pass, the Truckee forecast, traffic, and CHP updates. Directions, chain-control tips, and winter-driving advice live in our getting-here guide — and if I-80 chain control is in effect, chains are sold and installed next door at the Donner Lake Gift Shop.
From Caltrans — loading the latest report…
Source: Caltrans highway information · updated every few minutes · or call 1-800-427-7623.
Closures, chain control, and spinouts as they happen — the Truckee CHP office posts storm updates faster than anyone. (Facebook no longer allows embedding the feed, so this opens their page.)
Live statewide map of chain controls, closures, incidents, and camera views — the definitive picture of I-80 over the pass.
Directions, winter-driving advice, and what to do if chain control catches you — chains are sold and installed next door at the Donner Lake Gift Shop.
Full directions and winter-driving tips are in the getting-here guide. Questions on the way up? Call — we're here.