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Beckwourth Pass is the lowest mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at an elevation of 5221 feet (1591 m).Beckwourth Pass is located at the eastern edge of Sierra Valley at Chilcoot-Vinton California in Plumas County 20 miles (32 km) east of Portola California and 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Reno Nevada. California State Route 70 crosses over Beckwourth Pass and the Feather River Route of the Union Pacific Railroad crosses beneath it via the Chilcoot Tunnel.
