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1704:Grass Valley
1609:Burton Creek
1533:Jennie Lakes
1518:Golden Trout
1503:Dinkey Lakes
1498:Chimney Peak
1381:Kings Canyon
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302:Metavolcanic
297:Type of rock
274:Mount Ritter
256:Ritter Range
250:Parent range
85:Mount Ritter
1850:Dodge Ridge
1835:Bear Valley
1830:Badger Pass
1774:San Andreas
1759:Placerville
1744:Nevada City
1679:Angels Camp
1672:Communities
1634:Emerald Bay
1619:D. L. Bliss
1602:State parks
1483:Bright Star
1478:Ansel Adams
1255:Fallen Leaf
1184:San Joaquin
709:Banner Peak
702:Banner Peak
653:Sierra Club
627:12 February
510:Sierra Club
417:zone. Most
387:topographer
341:Banner Peak
285:Age of rock
210:Banner Peak
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2011:Categories
1900:Sugar Bowl
1845:China Peak
1799:Tahoe City
1789:Susanville
1689:Bridgeport
1659:Van Sickle
1573:Owens Peak
1568:Mount Rose
1538:John Krebs
1488:Bucks Lake
1457:Stanislaus
1322:Courtright
1302:Huntington
1174:Chowchilla
1159:Stanislaus
1034:Beckwourth
771:Williamson
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537:2016-03-27
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331:Scramble,
290:Cretaceous
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123:37°41′48″N
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1885:Northstar
1818:Ski areas
1804:Tehachapi
1719:Kernville
1558:Mokelumne
1543:John Muir
1362:Protected
1154:Calaveras
1142:Mokelumne
1104:Tehachapi
1029:Fredonyer
1004:Peak list
943:Humphreys
892:Mokelumne
887:Round Top
752:Mountains
151:Geography
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1875:Kirkwood
1865:Homewood
1860:Heavenly
1754:Paradise
1749:Oakhurst
1734:Mariposa
1724:Loyalton
1593:Yosemite
1513:Emigrant
1508:Domeland
1417:Eldorado
1391:Yosemite
1307:Florence
1282:Isabella
1277:Oroville
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1764:Portola
1714:Jackson
1694:Chester
1563:Monarch
1447:Sequoia
1386:Sequoia
1347:Convict
1342:Crowley
1332:Mammoth
1272:Almanor
1260:Spooner
1209:Truckee
1120:Feather
1099:Sherman
1089:Minaret
1074:Ebbetts
1069:Monitor
1054:Spooner
978:Olancha
963:Agassiz
927:Mammoth
902:Leavitt
861:Pyramid
801:Tyndall
796:Langley
786:Russell
766:Whitney
397:Climate
279:Geology
92:Listing
1914:Trails
1840:Boreal
1779:Sonora
1769:Quincy
1699:Colfax
1684:Auburn
1553:Kiavah
1548:Kaiser
1523:Hoover
1452:Sierra
1442:Plumas
1437:Lassen
1327:Tenaya
1317:Wishon
1312:Edison
1297:Shaver
1287:Donner
1219:Walker
1214:Carson
1194:Kaweah
1179:Fresno
1169:Merced
1113:Rivers
1094:Kaweah
1079:Sonora
1064:Carson
1044:Donner
1022:Passes
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958:Darwin
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1364:areas
1245:Aloha
1240:Tahoe
1233:Lakes
1224:Owens
1189:Kings
1084:Tioga
912:Lyell
866:Freel
791:Split
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1968:stub
1528:Ishi
1427:Inyo
1337:Bass
1267:Mono
1250:Echo
1204:Kern
1199:Tule
1130:Bear
1125:Yuba
1059:Echo
1039:Yuba
983:Kern
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851:Rose
836:Lola
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