Red Lake Peak

Red Lake Peak
Red Lake Peak Alpine County, California, U.S.
Highest point
Elevation	10,068 ft (3,069 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	1,463 ft (446 m) [1]
Parent peak	Round Top (Alpine County)[2]
Listing	Tahoe OGUL Emblem Peak[3]
Coordinates	38°42′51″N 119°59′15″W / 38.7140738°N 119.9874047°WCoordinates: 38°42′51″N 119°59′15″W / 38.7140738°N 119.9874047°W [4]
Geography
Location	Alpine County, California, U.S.
Topo map	USGS Carson Pass
Climbing
First ascent	February 1844 by John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss

Red Lake Peak (elevation 10,068 feet or 3,069 metres) is believed to be the vantage point from which John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss made the first recorded sighting of Lake Tahoe in February 1844 as Fremont's exploratory expedition made a desperate crossing of the Sierra Nevada through what is now Carson Pass on their way to obtain provisions at Sutter's Fort.^[5] The peak lies just north of the pass and generally northwest of the small lake east of the pass for which the peak is named. Lake Tahoe is visible to the north from the peak.

References

1. "Red Lake Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
2. "Red Lake Peak". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
3. "Tahoe OGUL Peak List". Western State Climbers. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
4. "Red Lake Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
5. Farquhar, Francis Peloubet (1965). History of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-520-01551-7.

External links

• "Photo essay". Archived from the original on 2009-10-28.
• "Red Lake Peak". LongCamp.com. Information on the 1844 route followed by Fremont and Charles Preuss.
• "Red Lake Peak". Climber.Org.