A 400' aerial view overlooking Highway 88 at Carson Pass (elev. 8,574') near Caples Lake, California.  It is a mountain pass on the crest of the central Sierra Nevada & served as a point on the Carson Trail during the California Gold Rush of 1849 and was used for American Civil War shipping to California until the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.  This region of the Sierra Nevada is noted for having eroded volcanic peaks overlaid on the granite.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Pass