Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists
Climbers
Ranges
Geography
Help
Search
Log In
Elephants Back, California
Prominence: 465 ft, 142 m
Elevation: 9585 feet, 2922 meters
True Isolation: 0.93 mi, 1.5 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 9590 ft / 2923 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
38° 40' 42'' N, 119° 58' 59'' W
38.67847, -119.983169 (Dec Deg)
240491 E 4285321 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
California
County/Second Level Region
Alpine
Links
Search Engines - search the web for "Elephants Back":
Wikipedia Search
Microsoft Bing Search
Google Search
Yahoo Search
Other Web Sites
Elephants Back at SummitPost.org
Elephants Back at ListsOfJohn.com
Weather and Snow
National Weather Service Forecast
NOAA Snow Depth Map
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
137
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 129)
Selected Trip Reports:
1992-03-22 by JohnE Sarna
1997-05-31 by Bob Burd
2001-03-23 by Bob Burd
2004-04-04 by Bob Burd
2006-07-29 by Al Sandorff
2010-09-05 by John Fedak
2011-06-17 by Brendon Chapman
2013-06-22 by Marcus Sierra
2013-07-11 by John Morrow
2013-07-15 by Dmitry Medvedev
2014-03-09 by Tim Berger (GPS Track)
2016-02-14 by Mike Jay (GPS Track)
2016-07-03 by Rachel West
2017-12-19 by Bob Burd
2018-07-05 by Mr. L (GPS Track)
2019-03-16 by Rob Houghton (GPS Track)
2019-03-16 by Kayla Brown
2019-04-13 by Colin Gregory
2019-07-27 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track)
2020-10-12 by Redd Sea
2021-02-21 by Kenny Lotito
2021-02-27 by Nate LaHue
2021-06-13 by Matt Parker (GPS Track)
2021-06-26 by Gavin Fischer (GPS Track)
2021-09-18 by David Schaper (GPS Track)
2022-01-28 by Chad Thomas (GPS Track)
2022-07-10 by Nathan Ayotte
Nearby Peak Searches:
Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Elephants Back
Elevation Ladder from Elephants Back
Prominence Ladder from Elephants Back
View of Elephants Back from the Meiss Meadow Snow Park (2016-02-14). Photo by
Mike Jay
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
Web Map Links
Peakfinder Panorama
GeoHack Links
CalTopo
MyTopo
Bing Maps
Google Maps
Open Street Map
Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 465 ft/142 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 505 ft/154 m
Key Col
: 9120 ft/2780 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 0.93 mi/1.5 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 38.665, -119.985
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Winnemucca Lake Southeast
(S)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Sierra Nevada
Range4:
Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
Range5:
Mokelumne Wilderness Area
Drainage Basins
Carson
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership
Land: Eldorado National Forest/Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Mokelumne Wilderness Area
Topo Map
Carson Pass O38119f8 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map
Elephants Back
Other Peaks
Click Here for a Full Screen Map
Other Photos
The Elephants Back (left) and Round Top (right) looking south on the Pacific Crest Trail (2021-06-19). Photo by
Matt Parker
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
The west side of the Elephants Back. You can ascend up the left side here albeit with tons of loose rock to navigate through but it's not dangerous, just tedious. (2021-06-19). Photo by
Matt Parker
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
This page has been served 4288 times since 2004-11-01.
Copyright © 1987-2022 by Peakbagger.com. All Rights Reserved.
Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the
Contact Page
Terms of Service
