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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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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)
Tahoe-Ogul Peaks List
(Rank #41)
Western States Climbers List
(Rank #238)
California Wilderness High Points
(Rank #29)
Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section
(Rank #234)
California Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #212)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
378
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 353)
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
2014-07-26 by Christina Corley
2014-08-05 by Kathy Wing (GPS Track)
2014-10-17 by James Fleshman (Unsuccessful)
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)
2018-06-30 by Kayla Brown
2018-07-01 by Bo Meng (GPS Track)
2018-07-08 by Mike Maki (GPS Track)
2018-07-13 by Vic Hanson
2019-07-04 by Tay Lee (GPS Track)
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
2020-08-09 by Todd Horton (GPS Track)
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)
2021-10-02 by Chad Thomas (GPS Track)
2021-10-02 by Philip Frost (GPS Track)
2021-10-09 by Greg Gerlach
2021-10-16 by Larry Pitman
2022-03-26 by Powen Ru (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)
2022-07-02 by Dave Koberstein (GPS Track)
2022-07-30 by Coby King (GPS Track)
2022-09-23 by Dylan Kilby (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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Granite Chief (
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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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