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North Schell Peak, Nevada

Prominence: 5403 ft, 1647 m

Elevation: 11,883 feet, 3622 meters

True Isolation: 23.5 mi, 37.81 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 11,888 ft / 3624 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 24' 48'' N, 114° 35' 59'' W 39.41324, -114.599604 (Dec Deg) 706652 E 4365385 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Nevada
County/Second Level Region	White Pine
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 180 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 176) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2006-07-03 by Dennis Poulin 2006-07-03 by Dean Molen 2009-10-10 by Eric Kassan 2011-09-29 by Lou Hibbard 2012-07-28 by BMS 914 (GPS Track) 2013-08-04 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2013-08-29 by Kathy Wing 2013-08-31 by James Morehouse (GPS Track) 2013-09-01 by Caleb Morris 2014-06-11 by Sam Grant (GPS Track) 2014-08-16 by Tom Gathright 2015-07-30 by Dustin Erickson 2015-08-12 by Mitch Brown 2016-06-21 by Hal Watrous 2016-07-23 by Rich Stephens 2016-07-23 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track) 2016-08-23 by Eric Morrill 2018-06-20 by Chris Earle 2019-09-01 by Kyle Wilson (GPS Track) 2019-09-07 by Jerry Thomas (GPS Track) 2020-04-16 by Alden Ryno 2020-04-30 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)
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View south along the crest of the Schell Creek Range from N. Schell Peak summit (2011-08-11). Photo by Joseph Del Grosso.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 5403 ft/1647 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 5423 ft/1653 m
  Line Parent: Mount Jefferson
  Key Col: 6480 ft/1975 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 23.5 mi/37.81 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 39.2742, -114.1992
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount Moriah  (ESE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Intermountain West
Range3: Great Basin Ranges
Range4: East Central Great Basin Ranges
Range5: Schell Creek Range (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Spring Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Southern Great Basin Valleys
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Ownership

Land: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Topo Map

North Schell Peak O39114d5 1:24,000

Data Source

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Other Photos

South view from North Schell Peak (2017-06-22). Photo by Gerry Pennington.
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Bristle cone pine in the Shell Creek Range. (2017-06-22). Photo by Gerry Pennington.
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Jerry and Cheryl on the summit. Wheeler and Jeff Davis in the far background. (2019-09-07). Photo by Cheryl Thomas.
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Jerry enjoys the scenery on the way down (2019-09-07). Photo by Cheryl Thomas.
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Jerry hikes up the trail with North Schell Peak directly in front of him (2019-09-07). Photo by Jerry Thomas.
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View looking west as Cheryl nears the summit of North Schell (2019-09-07). Photo by Jerry Thomas.
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