http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html Ryann and I made a trip to Signal Peak on August 19, 2007. Weather was beautiful but skies were a little hazy due to some local fires. Signal Peak is located about 3 miles (as the crow flies) north and west of Cisco Grove on I-80, 90 miles east of Sacramento and 15 miles west of Truckee at an elevation of ~8000’. A bit of history: the old lookout was built on Signal Peak in the 1800s as a way to watch for fires within the wooden sheds that covered the railroad tracks. These sheds were built so trains could continue to run during the heavy winter snows common to the Sierras. For example, 10 miles east is Donner Lake ... name sound familiar? Signal Peak was also the location of the first telephone used commercially so lookouts could call down to Cisco Grove to report fires in the sheds. http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#0 f4da4e1d-5ef5-4512-83ee-8edda91d73df http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000846.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000846.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Looking northwest at Signal Peak from Cisco Grove.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#1 0f196ee1-fd84-42f4-8c26-3798e8f7e517 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000813.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000813.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Calling home to let everyone know we made it OK.<br/></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#2 6453a237-c3b5-41e5-921e-5cbec9b6a743 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000815.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000815.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Those towers are not the reason for the name.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#3 087e4f43-1be7-49c2-85da-c7764949bb4e http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000816.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000816.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">view north and west</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#4 7156d377-8094-4247-83e0-828292805b50 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000820.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000820.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">view south and east</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#5 c6bf5a33-9829-4b39-9f90-d4a61b75c570 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000825.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000825.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">This is the reason for the name, Signal Peak.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#6 a2873493-d61d-4821-92f0-d8c485693105 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000829.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000829.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">View south overlooking miles of RR track.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#7 06afc6fa-0b6c-4b14-b663-431fda07f3d7 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000830.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000830.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Imagine 2 men here spending months surrounded by snow.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#8 fcaeb3b0-dad2-4368-9a56-c052a9ca6a53 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000831.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000831.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#9 b67b7c62-a072-454e-8ad9-528a15beb6b3 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000832.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000832.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#10 539b6388-a4eb-407a-8246-9da9a9e73ca0 http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000839.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000839.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">View of towers from trail leading to the signal house.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak.html#11 74fe8863-bbe5-4cdd-a9f1-37e2b078aebe http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000843.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/tdove/Dove_Family/Signal_Peak_files/Media/P1000843.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">One way up, same way back.&#xA0; Slow, rocky and 4WD Low.</p></div></div>