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Ski tour · Luther Pass

Waterhouse Peak

Distance
1.9 mi
Vertical
1,755 ft
Summit
9,498 ft
Difficulty
Moderate

Waterhouse Peak rises to 9,497 feet on the northwest rim of Hope Valley, a broad seven-thousand-foot mountain valley in Alpine County on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, northeast of Carson Pass and south of Lake Tahoe. The valley sits at the confluence of three…

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Hope Valley in late spring with the West Fork of the Carson River pooling in the foreground and the ring of 10,000-foot peaks framing the valley behind.
Steve Dunleavy · CC BY 2.0
Aspen turning gold below a conical Hope Valley peak at peak color in mid-October, the dominant fall draw for the eastern-Sierra valley.
Don Graham · CC BY 2.0
Distant view from a higher vantage looking down across Hope Valley toward the broad meadow floor and the Sierra crest beyond.
iwilltri · CC BY-SA 3.0
Open Hope Valley meadow under the ring of high peaks — the broad floor that gives the valley its 3,000-foot vertical drop from the surrounding ridges.
iwilltri · CC BY-SA 3.0

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