Middle Palisade is a 14,018-foot (4,273-meter) peak in the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. state of California. It is a fourteener, and lies on the Sierra Crest as part of the Palisades group, a group of prominent Sierra Nevada mountain summits that includes multiple other fourteeners, approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the town of Big Pine. Middle Palisade is the twelfth highest peak in California.
| Middle Palisade | |
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 Middle Palisade's eastern aspect, above Middle Palisade Glacier, in June 2020 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,018 ft (4,273 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 1,085 ft (331 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | North Palisade[2] |
| Listing |
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| Coordinates | 37°04′13″N 118°28′09″W / 37.0702899°N 118.4691380°W[6] |
| Geography | |
  Middle Palisade | |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Split Mountain |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 26, 1921 by Francis Farquhar and Ansel Hall[7] |
| Easiest route | East Face: Exposed scramble, class 3[8] |
Middle Palisade's eastern flank hosts the Middle Palisade Glacier, lying above the South Fork of Big Pine Creek. To Middle Palisade's west lie the Palisade Lakes, Palisade Creek, and the John Muir Trail as it ascends south towards Mather Pass.
Several routes involving exposed scrambling class 3 and/or easy technical rock climbing (class 4) exist on the various flanks of Middle Palisade. Some routes involve travel on the Middle Palisade Glacier. The easiest route involves scrambling (class 3) up a chute on the east face of the peak.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Middle Palisade, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ "Key Col for Middle Palisade". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "California 14,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ "Middle Palisade". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ a b Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-0871561473.
External links
edit- "Middle Palisade". SummitPost.org.
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