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Round Top is a 10,381-foot (3,164 m) mountain located on the Sierra crest in Alpine County, California, United States. [3] Its summit is the highest point in Eldorado National Forest and the Mokelumne Wilderness . [ 1 ]
The Mokelumne Wilderness is a 105,165-acre (164 sq mi; 426 km 2) [1] federally designated wilderness area located 70 miles (110 km) east of Sacramento, California. It is within the boundaries of three national forests: Stanislaus , Eldorado and Toiyabe .
Mokelumne Peak has the largest body of metamorphic rock in the region, called the Mokelumne Peak roof pendant, extending over an area of 15 square miles (39 km 2).These rocks were originally Jurassic or Cretaceous age, but were metamorphosed when plutons of the Sierra Nevada batholith intruded in the Cretaceous.
This landmark of Hope Valley is set in the Mokelumne Wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The summit is situated one mile south of Carson Pass and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) northeast of line parent Round Top. Elephants Back is a lava dome which was created in association with the now-inactive volcanic vent that is Round Top. [6]
The Nipple is located in the Mokelumne Wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The summit is situated 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Carson Pass and 3.73 miles (6.00 km) east-southeast of Round Top. [2] It is set on the boundary shared by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest and Eldorado National Forest.
Round Top Island (Tasmania), Australia Round Top Island National Park; Round Top (Alpine County, California), the highest peak in the Mokelumne Wilderness Round Top (Contra Costa County, California), an extinct volcano in the Berkeley Hills, just east of Oakland
The Tehachapi Mountains and Tehachapi Pass in 1869. The mountain pass acts as a venturi effect to air moving between ocean and desert, increasing wind speed. [5]The area east and south of the pass is home to the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm, and to the west is Alta Wind Energy Center, some of California's larger wind farms.
The Sierra High Route (also called the Roper Route and the High Route) is a cross-country hiking route, 195 miles (314 km) long, through the Sierra Nevada.It was scouted by Steve Roper and described by him in his book Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country.