Silver Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at the north end of the Crystal Mountains, to the east of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.
Silver Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 8,934 ft (2,723 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 250 ft (76 m)[1] |
Listing | Tahoe OGUL Mountaineer Peak[2] |
Coordinates | 38°51′50″N 120°10′29″W / 38.8638688°N 120.17472814°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | El Dorado County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Scramble, class 2[2] |
External links
edit- Media related to Silver Peak (El Dorado County, California) at Wikimedia Commons
References
edit- ^ a b "Silver Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ^ a b "Tahoe OGUL Peaks List". Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "Silver Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-12-12.