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Representing the people of the historic Donner Summit community for the preservation of the area’s rugged mountain character and natural resources by providing active coordination for community development issues.
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June 2011

Celebrating “End of Winter” on the Summit

ANNUAL COMMUNITY PICNIC Saturday, July 2nd 11am – 3pm Mt. Judah Lodge, Sugar Bowl DSAA is proud to present the Annual Community Picnic this weekend at Sugar Bowl.  The Picnic includes a barbecue lunch, face painting, bounce house, live and silent auction and a raffle.  The fun will be accompanied by live music from a [...]

Annual Summit Cleanup a Community Success

Annual Summit Cleanup, Sunday June 26th

Update: The cleanup date has been changed due to weather.  The cleanup will now take place on June 26th. Thanks to the following organizations for donating dumpsters: Sierra Lakes County Water District Donner Summit Public Utility District Sugar Bowl Serene Lakes Property Owners Association And special thanks to the South Bay Ski Club for their contribution.

Donner Summit Community Person of the Year 2011

Can you think of someone who is making a difference on Donner Summit?  Nominations are due Tuesday, June 21st. Winner and nominees to be announced at DSAA’s Annual Community Picnic, July 2nd.  Who will you nominate?  Thanks to previous winners Jennifer Montgomery, Norm Sayler, and Pat Malberg for their continued dedication to the summit community. Look for [...]

DSAA Revised Bylaws

To the members of the Donner Summit Area Association:  DSAA’s Board of Directors have voted to recommend amending the Organization’s Bylaws to the full membership.  The Amended Bylaws are set forth in this website for member’s review and comment.  Please review the proposed Amended Bylaws: (editor’s note 2/16/12:  the most current version of DSAA’s bylaws are [...]

Snowfall Totals

The official snowfall total from the Central Sierra Snow Lab is 1632 cm, or 53.5 feet for the year.  That’s not a record.  We had a larger total snowfall in at least 5 earlier years.  However, what is a record is today’s snow depth at 239 cm, or 7.8 feet, which is the deepest we’ve [...]