A team of scientists and undergraduate students have analyzed the body size for 25 marine species, including whales, sharks, squids, and other ocean giants. A team of scientists and undergraduate students have analyzed the body size for 25 marine species, including whales, sharks, squids, and other ocean giants.
Donner Summit is also the Sierra Divide where storms spend most of their time, dropping 35-40 feet of snow a year, making skiing a major industry and making the Sierra a reservoir for the rest of the state. Arguably, Donner Summit and Donner Pass across it, is the most important square mile in California.
Wire Pass is the name given to a shortcut canyon to Buckskin Gulch. It's a brief but interesting non-technical slot canyon of its own, a sandy path between high warped walls in flickering sunlight. Wire Pass trail starts in a wash at House Rock Valley road, and ends 3 miles later when it joins Buckskin Gulch.