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Granite Chief, California
Prominence: 1846 ft, 563 m
Elevation: 9006 feet, 2745 meters
True Isolation: 12.01 mi, 19.33 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 9010 ft / 2746 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
39° 11' 54'' N, 120° 17' 13'' W
39.198239, -120.287064 (Dec Deg)
734279 E 4342283 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
California
County/Second Level Region
Placer
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Granite Chief at SummitPost.org
Granite Chief at ListsOfJohn.com
Weather for Granite Chief at Mountain-Forecast.com
Granite Chief at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)
CoHP.org Trip Report for Granite Chief by Peter Maurer
CoHP.org Trip Report for Granite Chief by Bill Fincher
CoHP.org Trip Report for Granite Chief by Ron Tagliapietra
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Lists that contain Granite Chief:
California County Prominence Peaks
(Rank #43)
Sierra Sampler List
(Rank #91)
Western States Climbers Star Peaks
(Rank #108)
USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points
(Rank #252)
Comprehensive Combo Angeles Chapter List
(Rank #286)
Western States Climbers List
(Rank #238)
Tahoe-Ogul Peaks List
(Rank #41)
California Wilderness High Points
(Rank #29)
Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section
(Rank #234)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
313
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 300)
Selected Trip Reports:
1987-09-20 by JohnE Sarna
1992-08-15 by JohnE Sarna
1993-07-17 by Greg Gerlach
1994-06-28 by Richard Carey
2002-06-22 by Scott Surgent
2011-08-06 by Scott Joyce
2014-08-05 by Kathy Wing (GPS Track)
2015-08-11 by David Sanger (GPS Track)
2015-09-26 by Swingshift Hiker
2016-06-26 by Alex Ramos (GPS Track)
2016-08-20 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track)
2017-02-24 by Jean-Francois Paiement
2017-08-30 by Kevin Richards
2018-02-25 by Clément Guillaume (GPS Track)
2018-04-21 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track)
2018-07-08 by Mike Maki (GPS Track)
2018-07-13 by Vic Hanson
2019-08-10 by Kirill Demtchouk (Unsuccessful)
2019-08-17 by Kamal Ahuja (GPS Track)
2019-10-19 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)
2020-07-11 by Michael Jaskot
2020-07-11 by Briana Jaskot
2020-07-18 by Josef Nuernberger
2020-10-06 by Michael Toffey (GPS Track)
2021-02-28 by Yao-Min Chen (GPS Track)
2021-06-10 by Sandy Lara
2021-07-11 by Brett Marciasini (GPS Track)
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View of Needle Lake and Granite Chief with Lake Tahoe and the Carson Range in the background. Seen from the summit of Needle Peak (2012-07-12). Photo by
David Porter
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 1846 ft/563 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 1886 ft/575 m
Key Col
: 7160 ft/2182 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 12.01 mi/19.33 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 39.3658, -120.3492
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Castle Peak
(NNW)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Sierra Nevada
Range4:
Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
Range5:
Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins
Sacramento
San Francisco Bay
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean
Truckee-Pyramid Lake
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership
Land: Tahoe National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Granite Chief Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map
Granite Chief O39120b3 1:24,000
Data Source
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Other Photos
On the summit of Granite Chief with John Pfister. Needle Peak is in the background (2012-08-18). Photo by
Michael Berry
.
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Granite Chief Waypoint (2016-06-26). Photo by
Alex Ramos
.
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