Jobs Sister

Mountain in California, United States

Jobs Sister

Location in California

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Jobs Sister

Jobs Sister (the United States)

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LocationEl Dorado / Alpine counties, California, United StatesParent rangeSierra Nevada
Carson RangeTopo mapUSGS Freel PeakGeologyAge of rockLate CretaceousMountain typeFault blockType of rockGranodioriteClimbingEasiest routeclass 1 hiking^[3]

Jobs Sister is a mountain summit located near Lake Tahoe in northern California.

Description

Jobs Sister is situated on the common border that El Dorado County shares with Alpine County, as well as the boundary Eldorado National Forest shares with Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. It is set on the crest of the Carson Range which is a subset of the Sierra Nevada. At an elevation of 10,823-foot (3,299-meter), Jobs Sister is the second-highest summit in the Carson Range and the Tahoe Basin,^[6] and only 63 feet lower than line parent Freel Peak.^[2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) above Carson Valley in four miles. The Tahoe Rim Trail traverses the northern slope of the mountain, providing an approach option. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names,^[5] and was named by the Whitney Survey on an 1881 map. It is named in association with Jobs Peak (1.3 mile east) which in turn is named for Mormon settler, Moses Job, who operated a store in Carson Valley in the 1850s.^[7]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Jobs Sister is located in an alpine climate zone.^[8] 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.

Gallery

Jobs Sister centered
Southwest aspect
Freel Peak (left) and Jobs Sister (right) seen from Jobs Peak
Freel Peak, Jobs Sister, and Jobs Peak seen from Hawkins Peak.
Jobs Sister (upper right) from Star Lake
Jobs Sister (left) and Jobs Peak (right of center) seen from Freel Peak
Jobs Peak, Jobs Sister, and Freel Peak rise above Carson Valley
Jobs Peak and Jobs Sister (upper right corner) from southbound Highway 395

References

^ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Freel Peak
^ ^a ^b "Jobs Sister, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jobs Sister - 10,823' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
^ "Tahoe OGUL Peaks List". Retrieved 2022-07-20.
^ ^a ^b "Jobs Sister". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
^ Ann Marie Brown (2015), Moon Tahoe, Avalon Publishing, ISBN 9781631211669
^ Barbara Lekisch (1988), Tahoe Place Names, Great West Books, ISBN 9780944220016, p. 66
^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.