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It protects an area of High Sierra landscape with elevations from 4,800 feet (1,500 m) to 11,462 feet (3,494 m) along the Sierra Mountains from Ebbetts Pass to Sonora Pass in the south. [2] The US Forest Service manages the wilderness which is in both the Stanislaus National Forest and the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest.
Silver Peak is located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, 3.2 miles northeast of Ebbetts Pass in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. The nearest town is Markleeville 8.5 mile (13.7 km) to the north and the nearest higher neighbor is Highland Peak 1.63 mile (2.6 km) to the south. [4]
U.S. Forest Service The Hoover Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Inyo and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests . It lies to the east of the crest of the central Sierra Nevada in California , to the north and east of Yosemite National Park - a long strip stretching nearly to Sonora Pass on the north and Tioga Pass on the south.
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The smaller and more northeasterly Humboldt National Forest is located in eastern and northern Nevada, in parts of Elko, White Pine, Humboldt, Nye, and Lincoln counties. The section of the national forest is named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a famous early / mid-19th century Prussian / German multi-talented scientist and philosopher.
The highway goes west through a few switchbacks before crossing into Alpine County and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. [5] The route over Monitor Pass is typically closed during the winter due to snow accumulation. [6] SR 89 continues by Heenan Lake before intersecting with the eastern end of SR 4 and turning northwest, passing through ...
Peeler Lake is a California landform within the Toiyabe National Forest and on the west edge of the Hoover Wilderness. [2] One of the few bodies of water on the Great Basin Divide, [3] Peeler Lake's inflow is sufficient for outlet streams over 2 Sierra Crest sills of similar elevation [quantify] to respectively drain westward to the Pacific Ocean (Rancheria Creek, Tuolumne & San Joaquin Rivers ...
Highland Peak is a prominent 10,936-foot-elevation (3,333-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Alpine County of northern California, United States. [3] It is situated 3.5 miles east of Ebbetts Pass in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest.