Editing Carson Range (section)

==Geography==
The mountain range is about 50 miles (80&nbsp;km) long and 5–10 miles (8–16&nbsp;km) wide, with 3/4 of the range lying within the state of Nevada. The Carson Range, along with its parent the Sierra Nevada,
together cast a [[rain shadow]] over the [[Reno–Sparks metropolitan area|Greater Reno Area]] and [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]].

Unlike the main crest of the Sierra Nevada to the west of [[Lake Tahoe]], the Carson Range loses its snow much earlier (April), and gains it much later (December). In fact, it receives about half the snowfall as mountains west of the lake.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.summitpost.org/carson-range/712600|title=Carson Range : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost}}</ref> Meltwater from the range feeds into the [[Truckee River]] and [[Carson River|West Fork Carson River]], as well as Lake Tahoe and [[Marlette Lake Water System|Marlette Lake]].

;Principal Mountains
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Mountain
! Elevation
|- class="sorttop"
|-
| [[Freel Peak]] 
| {{convert|10881|ft|m}}
|-
| [[Jobs Sister]]
| {{convert|10823|ft|m}}
|-
| [[Mount Rose (Nevada)|Mount Rose]]
| {{convert|10776|ft|m}}
|-
| [[Jobs Peak]]
| {{convert|10633|ft|m}}
|-
| [[Slide Mountain (Nevada)|Slide Mountain]]
| {{convert|9698|ft|m}}
|-
| [[East Peak (Douglas County, Nevada)|East Peak]]
| {{convert|9593|ft|m}}
|-
| [[Snow Valley Peak]]
| {{convert|9214|ft|m}}
|}