Jobs Peak

Jobs Peak
Elevation 10,633 ft (3,241 m) [1]
Location
Location Alpine County, California, USA
Range Carson Range
Coordinates [2]
Topo map USGS Woodfords
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble

Jobs Peak, (pronounced /dʒoʊbs/) located in Alpine County, California, is the most prominent peak visible from the Carson Valley in Douglas County, Nevada. The peak offers hiking and backcountry skiing with the view of Lake Tahoe.

The mountain is named for Moses Job who, in the early 1850s, opened a store in nearby Sheridan, Nevada.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Jobs Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=24111. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  2. ^ "Jobs Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:226251. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  3. ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 166. 

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