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1686:Grass Valley
1591:Burton Creek
1515:Jennie Lakes
1500:Golden Trout
1485:Dinkey Lakes
1480:Chimney Peak
1363:Kings Canyon
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1817:Bear Valley
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1756:San Andreas
1741:Placerville
1726:Nevada City
1661:Angels Camp
1654:Communities
1616:Emerald Bay
1601:D. L. Bliss
1584:State parks
1465:Bright Star
1460:Ansel Adams
1237:Fallen Leaf
1166:San Joaquin
495:Sierra Club
325:zone. Most
280:Castle Peak
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102:120°20′57″W
89:Coordinates
29:Castle Peak
1990:Categories
1882:Sugar Bowl
1827:China Peak
1781:Tahoe City
1771:Susanville
1671:Bridgeport
1641:Van Sickle
1555:Owens Peak
1550:Mount Rose
1520:John Krebs
1470:Bucks Lake
1439:Stanislaus
1304:Courtright
1284:Huntington
1156:Chowchilla
1141:Stanislaus
1016:Beckwourth
753:Williamson
658:2009-12-18
631:2009-12-18
575:2022-07-06
501:2009-07-04
468:2014-01-19
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403:References
284:California
214:California
99:39°21′56″N
67:Prominence
1867:Northstar
1800:Ski areas
1786:Tehachapi
1701:Kernville
1540:Mokelumne
1525:John Muir
1344:Protected
1136:Calaveras
1124:Mokelumne
1086:Tehachapi
1011:Fredonyer
986:Peak list
925:Humphreys
874:Mokelumne
869:Round Top
734:Mountains
689:subalpine
127:Geography
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1857:Kirkwood
1847:Homewood
1842:Heavenly
1736:Paradise
1731:Oakhurst
1716:Mariposa
1706:Loyalton
1575:Yosemite
1495:Emigrant
1490:Domeland
1399:Eldorado
1373:Yosemite
1289:Florence
1264:Isabella
1259:Oroville
1146:Tuolumne
1129:Cosumnes
1119:American
1031:Mt. Rose
979:Climbing
864:Red Lake
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239:Topo map
206:Location
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1746:Portola
1696:Jackson
1676:Chester
1545:Monarch
1429:Sequoia
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1329:Convict
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1254:Almanor
1242:Spooner
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778:Langley
768:Russell
748:Whitney
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1896:Trails
1822:Boreal
1761:Sonora
1751:Quincy
1681:Colfax
1666:Auburn
1535:Kiavah
1530:Kaiser
1505:Hoover
1434:Sierra
1424:Plumas
1419:Lassen
1309:Tenaya
1299:Wishon
1294:Edison
1279:Shaver
1269:Donner
1201:Walker
1196:Carson
1176:Kaweah
1161:Fresno
1151:Merced
1095:Rivers
1076:Kaweah
1061:Sonora
1046:Carson
1026:Donner
1004:Passes
970:Double
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950:Kaweah
940:Darwin
904:Ritter
899:Banner
879:Sonora
838:Tallac
823:Castle
246:Norden
1941:This
1444:Tahoe
1346:areas
1227:Aloha
1222:Tahoe
1215:Lakes
1206:Owens
1171:Kings
1066:Tioga
894:Lyell
848:Freel
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1947:stub
1510:Ishi
1409:Inyo
1319:Bass
1249:Mono
1232:Echo
1186:Kern
1181:Tule
1112:Bear
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