Tells Peak

Tells Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada at the very north end of the Crystal Range (California), to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.

Tells Peak
Highest point
Elevation	8,876 ft (2,705 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	232 ft (71 m)[1]
Parent peak	McConnell Peak[2]
Listing	Tahoe OGUL Mountaineer Peak[3]
Coordinates	38°57′35″N 120°15′16″W[4]
Geography
Tells Peak Location in California
Location	El Dorado County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Loon Lake
Climbing
Easiest route	Scramble, class 2[3]

The origin of the name is not certain. It is probably named for a Swiss homesteader named Tell who lived a few miles to the west. At least one historian believes it was named for Ciperano Pedrini, a storekeeper in Garden Valley, who was known as Bill Tell.^[5]