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Round Top

Round Top in California, California rises to 10,381 ft. Explore summit facts, photos, hiking list memberships and catalog route summaries on PeakList.

A hiker poses for this summit shot on top of Round Top. Another Peak Bagging adventure but this time to stand on top on Round Top, 10,381-feet, The Sisters, 10,153-feet, and The Sisters-West Summit, 10,045-feet, in the Mokelumne Wilderness Area of the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region's Eldorado National Forest in California. The trailhead starts at Carson Pass and travels directly towards Round Top past a few amazing lakes like Winnemucca Lake. The trail is also partly on the Pacific Crest Trail making this a very popular recreating destination. After the lake you can ascend to the right of Round Top and reach a saddle between that peak and The Sisters. Round Top offers two summits with the tallest requiring some rock scrambling. Returning the way you came to the saddle then you can tackle the first Sister and then climb down to bag the western Sister. Great views of Caples Lake, camping areas, Red Lake Peak and Elephants Back surround you, June 2022. USDA Forest Service photo by Paul Wade
ClimbingRoundTopandSisters-EldoradoNF-PRW-011 (52295090201) · Region 5 Photography · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source and licensing

Summit facts

Elevation
10,381 ft
State / region
California
Range
California
Coordinates
38.66359, -120.00097

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  • Winnemucca Lake / Round Top Lake — 6 miles, 1,700 ft gain

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