Lyon Peak, California

Needle Peak and Granite Chief as viewed from the summit of Lyon. You can see the talus slope of Lyon transitioning to the clumpy mountain grass toward the volcanic summit of Needle, as well as the copses toward the western side of Granite Chief (2022-09-23). Photo by Dylan Kilby. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 251 ft/77 m   Optimistic Prominence: 291 ft/89 m   Key Col: 8640 ft/2633 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.89 mi/1.44 km    Isolation Limit Point: 39.2008, -120.3008 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Needle Peak  (ESE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada Range5: Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area
Drainage Basins	Sacramento San Francisco Bay Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Tahoe National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Granite Chief Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Granite Chief O39120b3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Collin Kamholz.
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