Freel Peak

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Freel Peak

| photo = Freel Peak from Tahoe Rim Trail.jpg

| photo_caption = Freel Peak from the Tahoe Rim Trail

| elevation_ft = 10886

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite ngs |id=JR1221 |name=Freel Peak |accessdate=2009-01-21}}

| prominence_ft = 3146

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=2574 |name=Freel Peak, California |accessdate=2009-02-25}}

| isolation_mi = 22.95

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak =

| map = California#USA

| map_caption = none

| map_size = 240

| location = El Dorado and Alpine counties, California, U.S.

| range = Carson Range

| listing = {{ubl

| California county high points 11th

| Tahoe-Ogul Peaks List{{cite ogul |title=Tahoe-OGUL Peak List |access-date=2024-01-06}}

| California Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence }}

| coordinates = {{coord|38.857537042|N|119.900142906|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Freel Peak

| type =

| age =

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = Scramble, {{YDS|2}}

}}

Freel Peak is a mountain located in the Carson Range, a spur of the Sierra Nevada, near Lake Tahoe in California.{{cite summitpost |id=151340 |name=Freel Peak |accessdate=2021-10-24}}

The peak is on the boundary between El Dorado County and Alpine County; and the boundary between the Eldorado National Forest and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

{{cite map

| publisher = USGS

| title = Freel Peak quadrangle, California

| url = http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=38.857537042&lon=-119.900142906&datum=nad83&zoom=8&&size=l

| scale = 1:24000

| series = 7.5 Minute Topographic

| accessdate = 2009-12-23 }}

At {{convert|10886|ft|m|0}}, it is the tallest summit in the Carson Range, El Dorado County, and the Tahoe Basin. Due to its elevation, most of the precipitation that falls on the mountain is snow.

{{cite web

| title = Subsection M261Et - Carson Range

| url = http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261et.htm

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070813040005/http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261et.htm

| archivedate = 2007-08-13

| accessdate = 2014-02-22

| publisher = U.S. Forest Service}}

In 1893, the U.S. Geological Survey assigned the name Freel Peak to what was then known as Jobs Peak. James Freel was an early settler in the area.{{cite book |last=Gudde |first=Erwin G. |title=California Place Names |year=1949 |location=Berkeley |publisher=Univ. of California Press |page=121 }}{{cite gnis |id=260360 |name=Freel Peak |accessdate=2012-12-17}}

File:A Blustery Tahoe Day.jpg|Freel Peak and Lake Tahoe

File:Freel Peak, CA.jpg|Freel Peak seen from Jobs Sister

File:Hawkins Peak vista north.jpg|Freel Peak, Jobs Sister, and Jobs Peak seen from Hawkins Peak.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Freel Peak is located in an alpine climate zone.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Sierra-Nevada-mountains/Climate |title=Climate of the Sierra Nevada |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}} Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

{{Weather box

|location = Freel Peak 38.8613 N, 119.9011 W, Elevation: {{cvt|10404|ft}} (1991–2020 normals)

|single line = y

|Jan high F = 33.2

|Feb high F = 31.8

|Mar high F = 34.1

|Apr high F = 38.4

|May high F = 46.5

|Jun high F = 56.6

|Jul high F = 65.8

|Aug high F = 65.1

|Sep high F = 59.0

|Oct high F = 49.2

|Nov high F = 38.7

|Dec high F = 32.8

|Jan mean F = 24.3

|Feb mean F = 22.3

|Mar mean F = 24.3

|Apr mean F = 27.4

|May mean F = 34.8

|Jun mean F = 43.9

|Jul mean F = 52.2

|Aug mean F = 51.4

|Sep mean F = 46.1

|Oct mean F = 37.4

|Nov mean F = 29.3

|Dec mean F = 24.2

|Jan low F = 15.4

|Feb low F = 12.8

|Mar low F = 14.4

|Apr low F = 16.3

|May low F = 23.1

|Jun low F = 31.2

|Jul low F = 38.7

|Aug low F = 37.8

|Sep low F = 33.1

|Oct low F = 25.5

|Nov low F = 20.0

|Dec low F = 15.5

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 6.57

|Feb precipitation inch = 5.85

|Mar precipitation inch = 5.51

|Apr precipitation inch = 2.94

|May precipitation inch = 2.43

|Jun precipitation inch = 0.94

|Jul precipitation inch = 0.49

|Aug precipitation inch = 0.49

|Sep precipitation inch = 0.74

|Oct precipitation inch = 2.18

|Nov precipitation inch = 3.79

|Dec precipitation inch = 6.57

|source=PRISM Climate Group{{cite web

|url= http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/

|title= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University

|publisher= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University

|access-date= October 2, 2023

|quote= To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.}}

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References

Category:Mountains of the Sierra Nevada (United States)

Category:Mountains of El Dorado County, California

Category:Mountains of Alpine County, California

Category:Eldorado National Forest

Category:Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest

Category:Mountains of Northern California

Category:Three-thousanders of the United States