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Tells Peak
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Highest point
Elevation 8,876 ft (2,705 m) NAVD 88
Prominence 232 ft (71 m)
Parent peak McConnell Peak
Listing Tahoe OGUL Mountaineer Peak
Geography
Tells Peak is located in California
Tells Peak
Tells Peak
Location in California
Location El Dorado County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Loon Lake
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble, class 2

Tells Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada at the very north end of the Crystal Range (California), to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.

The origin of the name is not certain. It is probably named for a Swiss homesteader named Tell who lived a few miles to the west. At least one historian believes it was named for Ciperano Pedrini, a storekeeper in Garden Valley, who was known as Bill Tell.

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