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Carson Pass is on California 88. The highway runs northeast from Jackson over the pass then connects to several routes to Lake Tahoe, Carson City, and Ebbets Pass.
 | Markleeville is the county seat of Alpine County, the least populous county in California. I used to think of this as the most inaccessible part of California and it is - from California - but it's at risk of being invaded by urban sprawl from Reno and Carson City. |
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 | North of Markleeville are road cuts through lahar deposits. |
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 | Views along California 88 north of Markleeville. |
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 | Left and below: xenoliths in granite. |
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 | View east from the summit of Carson Pass. |
 | Near the summit of Carson Pass are pedestals of Tertiary volcanic rocks sitting atop the granitic rocks. |
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flat-lying volcanic rocks overlying granitic rocks. Below: Views of the high country. |
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