Tells Peak

Tells Peak
Highest point
Elevation8,876 ft (2,705 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence232 ft (71 m)[1]
Parent peakMcConnell Peak[2]
ListingTahoe OGUL Mountaineer Peak[3]
Coordinates38°57′35″N 120°15′16″W / 38.95983535°N 120.25440895000001°W / 38.95983535; -120.25440895000001[4]
Geography
Tells Peak is located in California
Tells Peak
Tells Peak
Location in California
LocationEl Dorado County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Loon Lake
Climbing
Easiest routeScramble, class 2[3]

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.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Tells Peak, California". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ^ "Key Col for Tells Peak". Peakbagger.com.
  3. ^ a b "Tahoe OGUL Peaks List". Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  4. ^ "Tells Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  5. ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 357.