Jobs Peak

Jobs Peak
Highest point
Elevation10,638 ft (3,242 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence793 ft (242 m)[1]
Listing
  • Great Basin Peaks List[2]
  • Tahoe OGUL Star Peak[3]
Coordinates38°51′28″N 119°51′41″W / 38.85787343°N 119.86138328999999°W / 38.85787343; -119.86138328999999[4]
Geography
Jobs Peak is located in California
Jobs Peak
Jobs Peak
Location in California
LocationAlpine County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeCarson Range
Topo mapUSGS Woodfords
Climbing
Easiest routeScramble (class 2)[3]

Jobs Peak (/dʒoʊbs/; Northern Paiute: Wangikudak) located in Alpine County, California, is the most prominent peak visible from the Carson Valley in Douglas County, Nevada. The peak offers hiking and backcountry skiing with the view of Lake Tahoe. It is in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

The mountain is named for Moses Job who opened a store in nearby Sheridan, Nevada in the early 1850s.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Jobs Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  2. ^ "Great Basin Peaks Section List". Toiyabe Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  3. ^ a b "Tahoe OGUL Peaks List". Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  4. ^ "Jobs 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. 166.