Mount Lola

{{Short description|Mountain in California, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Lola

| photo =

| photo_caption = Mount Lola

| elevation_ft = 9147

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite ngs |pid=KS2022 |name=Mount Lola 2 1963 |access-date=2014-01-22}}

| prominence_ft = 2068

| prominence_ref =

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| California county high points 18th

| Tahoe OGUL Star Peak{{cite ogul |access-date=2021-11-07}} }}

| location = Nevada County, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| map = USA California

| map_caption = Location in Northern California

| map_size = 220

| label_position = left

| coordinates = {{coord|39.43298771|N|120.36489484000002|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=262793 |name=Mount Lola |access-date=2021-11-07}}

| topo = USGS Independence Lake

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = Simple scramble, {{YDS|1}}

}}

Mount Lola is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California. Its summit, located north of Donner Pass and Interstate 80, is the highest point in Nevada County.{{cite peakbagger |pid=2549 |name=Mount Lola, California |access-date=2021-10-26}} It is also the highest point in the Sierra Nevada north of Interstate 80. A subsidiary peak {{convert|1.2|mi}} north of the main summit is highest point in Sierra County at {{convert|8848|ft|m|0}}{{navd88}}.{{cite peakbagger |pid=2548 |name=Mount Lola–North Ridge Peak, California |access-date=2021-10-26}}

The area receives copious snowfall during the winter because of its high elevation.

{{cite web

| title = Subsection M261Ej - Tahoe - Truckee

| url = http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261ej.htm

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070813040005/http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261ej.htm

| archivedate = 2007-08-13

| publisher = U.S. Forest Service

| access-date = 2007-12-05 }}

The Mount Lola is named for Lola Montez, a famous resident of Nevada County, who lived in Grass Valley in the 1850s.

{{cite web

| url = http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail.aspx?num=292

| title = Home of Lola Montez

| publisher = Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks

| access-date = 2014-01-22 }}

Image:Joseph Karl Stieler - Lola Montez.jpg by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1847.]]