Tells Peak

Tells Peak
Highest point
Elevation 8,876 ft (2,705 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 272 ft (83 m)[1]
Listing Tahoe OGUL Peak List[2]
Coordinates 38°57′36″N 120°15′16″W / 38.9599073°N 120.2543576°W / 38.9599073; -120.2543576Coordinates: 38°57′36″N 120°15′16″W / 38.9599073°N 120.2543576°W / 38.9599073; -120.2543576[3]
Geography
Location El Dorado County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Loon Lake
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble, class 2[2]

Tells Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada at the very north end of the Crystal Range (California), to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.

The origin of the name is not certain. It is probably named for a Swiss homesteader named Tell who lived a few miles to the west. At least one historian believes it was named for Ciperano Pedrini, a storekeeper in Garden Valley, who was known as Bill Tell.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tells Peak, California". Peakbagger.com.
  2. 1 2 "Tahoe OGUL Peak List". Western States Climbers.
  3. "Tells Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 357.

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