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The Sierra Crest is a roughly 500 mi (800 km) generally north-to-south ridgeline that demarcates the broad west and narrow east slopes of the Sierra Nevada and that extends as far east as the Sierra's topographic front (e.g., Diamond Mountains and Sierran escarpment [1]).
The crest near Lake Tahoe is roughly 9,000 feet (2,700 m) high, with several peaks approaching the height of Freel Peak (10,881 ft or 3,317 m). Farther south, the highest peak in Yosemite National Park is Mount Lyell (13,120 ft or 3,999 m). The Sierra rises to almost 14,000 feet (4,300 m) with Mount Humphreys near Bishop, California.
Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It was founded in 1904, incorporated on March 15, 1905, and is located just east of Reno . The 2020 U.S. Census counted 108,445 residents in the city. [ 4 ]
Isolated thunderstorms are expected over the Sierra Nevada crest from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, the agency said in a Thursday morning post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The storms are likely to ...
The John Muir Wilderness stretches along the Sierra crest for 90 miles. Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet, is the tallest summit in not only the Sierra Nevada but also the entire contiguous United States. Mount Williamson, the second highest peak in the Sierra Nevada, rises straight from the Owens Valley floor more than two miles below.
Beckwourth Pass is located at the north eastern edge of Sierra Valley at Chilcoot-Vinton, California near the border between Plumas County and Lassen County, 20 miles (32 km) east of Portola, California and 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Reno, Nevada. California State Route 70 crosses over Beckwourth Pass.
Sorini-Wilson, whose Prather-headquartered district includes areas south and east of the San Joaquin River from the foothills to the Sierra crest, said her crews have surveyed “everything up to ...
University Peak is a thirteener in the Sierra Nevada. It is named for the University of California. [7] It is on the Sierra crest between Mount Gould to the north, and Mount Bradley to the south. [8] It lies on the boundary between Tulare County and Inyo County.