Freel Peak - Jobs Sister - Jobs Peak 2014-09-13
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.74 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,829 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 3,829 ft
- Max elevation
- 10,904 ft
- TrailRank
-
37
5
- Min elevation
- 8,268 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 8 hours 21 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2546
- Uploaded
- September 17, 2014
- Recorded
- September 2014
near Fountain Place, California (United States)
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Itinerary description
A three-summit hike to the highest, second-highest, and fourth highest peaks in the Lake Tahoe area. This loop hike is probably the easiest way to do all three peaks in one day. Requires high-clearance vehicle to reach the trailheads in Horseshoe Meadows on NFS road 51. This route is clockwise from the "upper trailhead" below Jobs Peak, walking down the road first to the "lower trailhead" below Anderson Pass, where the hike follows the Tahoe Rim Trail up to the final ascent Freel Peak. From the top of Freel it goes peak-to-peak to Jobs Sister and then Jobs Peak. The use trails between Jobs Sisters and Jobs Peak have many forks (marked here by waypoints), but most of them end up in the same place. The only tricky route-finding places are the flat parts of the two saddles, where the use trails temporarily disappear (look ahead while descending), and 1/3 mile above the upper trailhead, where intersecting dirt roads obscure the trail. The descent from Jobs Sister toward Jobs Peak is steep decomposed granite (like course sand), but easier going down than up. Toiyabe and Eldorado National Forests, Alpine and Eldorado Counties, California, USA.
Waypoints
Intersection
10,449 ft
Fork1
Intersection
9,869 ft
Fork2
Intersection
9,803 ft
Fork3
Intersection
9,859 ft
Fork4
Intersection
10,243 ft
Fork5
Intersection
10,246 ft
Fork6
Intersection
10,269 ft
Fork7
Intersection
10,295 ft
Fork8
Intersection
10,292 ft
Fork9
Intersection
10,328 ft
Fork10
Waypoint
8,891 ft
single-track-trail
head here to pick up single-track trail to Jobs Peak from the Jobs Peak trailhead, if confused by intersecting dirt road
Car park
8,599 ft
UpperTrailhead
Horseshoe Meadow trailhead at Jobs Peak rail.
Car park
8,291 ft
Lower Trailhead
Horseshoe Meadow trailhead, connector trail to Tahoe Rim Trail at Anderson Pass
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Very difficult
i managed only to complete freel peak and jobs sister, by the time i was down in the saddle between jobs sister and job it was too late in the day, and i was moving too slowly. i chose to go cross-country to get down from the saddle which wasn't nearly as enjoyable as i would have liked... but other than that the hike was great.
there are two sources of water early in the hike and nothing later on.