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Red Lake Peak

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Listing
  
Tahoe OGUL Emblem Peak

Elevation
  
3,069 m

Prominence
  
446 m

Topo map
  
USGS Carson Pass

First ascent
  
February 1844

Mountain range
  
Sierra Nevada

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Parent peak
  
Round Top (Alpine County)

Location
  
Alpine County, California, U.S.

First ascenders
  
John C. Frémont, Charles Preuss

Similar
  
Rubicon Peak, Phipps Peak, Snow Valley Peak, Jobs Peak, Freel Peak

Red Lake Peak (elevation 10,068 feet or 3,069 metres) is believed to be the vantage point from which John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss made the first recorded sighting of Lake Tahoe in February 1844 as Fremont's exploratory expedition made a desperate crossing of the Sierra Nevada through what is now Carson Pass on their way to obtain provisions at Sutter's Fort. The peak lies just north of the pass and generally northwest of the small lake east of the pass for which the peak is named. Lake Tahoe is visible to the north from the peak.

Map of Red Lake Peak, California 96150, USA

References

Red Lake Peak Wikipedia