Tells Peak Explained

Tells Peak
Elevation Ft:8876
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:232
Parent Peak:McConnell Peak[2]
Listing:Tahoe OGUL Mountaineer Peak[3]
Location:El Dorado County, California, U.S.
Map:California
Map Size:240
Label Position:below
Range:Sierra Nevada
Coordinates:38.9598°N -120.2544°W
Coordinates Ref:[4]
Topo:USGS Loon Lake
Easiest Route:Scramble,

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]

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Notes and References

  1. 2567 . Tells Peak, California.
  2. 2567 . Key Col for Tells Peak.
  3. 2021-11-07.
  4. 268137 . Tells Peak . 2021-11-07.
  5. Book: Gudde, Erwin G. . California Place Names . 1949 . Berkeley . Univ. of California Press . 357 .