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Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Granite Chief (9006 ft/2745 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	California
Area	1,738 sq mi / 4,501 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	55 mi / 88 km North-South 86 mi / 139 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	38° 57' N; 120° 34' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area.

Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	Level 4 (Parent)
Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area	Level 5
Desolation-Crystal Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Carson Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Mokelumne Wilderness Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Carson-Iceberg Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Emigrant Wilderness Area	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Granite Chief	9006	2745
2.	Needle Peak	8971	2734
3.	Tinker Knob	8949	2728
4.	Lyon Peak	8891	2710
5.	Washeshu Peak	8885	2708
6.	Twin Peaks	8878	2706
7.	Emigrant Peak	8800	2682
8.	Peak 8761	8761	2670
9.	Ellis Peak	8740	2664
10.	Anderson Peak	8683	2647
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area

Granite Chief 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. Click here for larger-size photo.	Needle Peak Eastern aspect of Needle Peak as seen on way from Granite Chief (2015-07-16). Photo by Joseph Del Grosso. Click here for larger-size photo.
Tinker Knob Summit (2018-05-27). Photo by Jason Park. Click here for larger-size photo.	Lyon Peak 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.
Twin Peaks SW aspect of Twin Peaks (2015-06-25). Photo by Joseph Del Grosso. Click here for larger-size photo.	Ellis Peak View from Ellis Peak (2014-10-10). Photo by Louise Wholey. Click here for larger-size photo.
Anderson Peak The business end of Anderson Peak, from the north. The south side is much more gentle (2020-10-13). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.	Ward Peak Ward Peak from Scott Peak across the valley. Several ski lifts are visible (2020-09-20). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Pluto The summit is part of the Northstar ski area. There's a restaurant right at the summit, and if its sign is to be believed, the views are "smokin'" (2021-10-05). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.	Peak 8514 One of the possible high points on the flat summit area of Peak 8514. Twin Peaks in the background (2020-09-19). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.

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