Talking Mountain in
El Dorado County, California is a peak in the
Sierra Nevada located on the high ridge that extends eastward from the summit of
Ralston Peak
Ralston Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west of Lake Tahoe within the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California. Ralston Peak is a very popular mountain to summit for the views of the wilderness area a ...
in the
Eldorado National Forest. It is south of
Lake Tahoe, south of
Echo Lake and marks the border of the
Desolation Wilderness
The Desolation Wilderness is a federally protected wilderness area in the Eldorado National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, in El Dorado County, California. The crest of the Sierra Nevada runs through it, just west of Lake Tahoe.
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. South of the summit,
U.S. Route 50 follows the South Fork of the
American River
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References
Mountains of the Desolation Wilderness
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