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El Capitan
A photo of El Capitan and Alice Lake
El Capitan and Alice Lake
Highest point
Elevation 9,901 ft (3,018 m)
Prominence 437 ft (133 m)
Parent peak Peak 10,052
Geography
El Capitan is located in Idaho
El Capitan
El Capitan
Location in Idaho
Parent range Sawtooth Range
Topo map USGS Snowyside Peak
Climbing
Easiest route Scrambling, class 3

El Capitan (9,901 feet (3,018 m)) is a mountain in the western United States, in the Sawtooth Range of central Idaho. Located in the Sawtooth Wilderness of Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Blaine County, it is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) south-southeast of Peak 10,052, its line parent.

El Capitan is 1.9 mi (3.1 km) east of Snowyside Peak and 1.4 mi (2.3 km) west of McDonald Peak. It rises above the eastern end of Alice Lake, with a surface elevation of 8,600 feet (2,620 m), accessed by the moderate trail from Pettit Lake (7,000 feet (2,100 m)).

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