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Carson Pass
Mountain Pass
in
Toiyabe NF
,
Sierra Nevada
near
Kirkwood
,
CA
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Carson Pass is a mountain pass on the crest of the central Sierra Nevada, in the El Dorado National Forest and Alpine County, eastern California. The pass is traversed by California State Route 88. It lies on the Great Basin Divide, with the West Fork Carson River on the east and the South Fork American River on the west. The historic pass was a point on the Carson Trail during the California Gold Rush and was used for American Civil War shipping to California until the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses the Carson Pass summit, which has California Historical Landmark #315 at CA 88 postmile 6.09 where Kit Carson carved his name into a tree.
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