Donohue Pass | |
Map: | USA California#USA |
Map Size: | 220 |
Label: | Donohue Pass |
Label Position: | left |
Coords: | 37.7602°N -119.2485°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 11066 |
Location: | Mono / Tuolumne counties, California, U.S |
Range: | Sierra Nevada |
Topo: | USGS Koip Peak |
Donohue Pass is a high mountain pass on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness. Its elevation is .[1] It is situated between Mount Lyell and Donohue Peak. The John Muir Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail both transverse the pass. Following the John Muir Trail, the pass is from Thousand Island Lake, and from Tuolumne Meadows.[2] Donohue Pass is the sixth highest pass of the ten named passes on the John Muir Trail.
The pass and Donohue Peak were named in 1895 for Sergeant Donohue, Troop K, 4th Cavalry who made the first ascent of the peak.[3]