Middle Palisade
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| Middle Palisade | |
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 Middle Palisade, from Lone Pine Creek drainage |
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| Elevation | 14,018 ft (4,273 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 1,085 ft (331 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Sill[1] |
| Listing | SPS Mountaineers peak[2] |
| Location | |
 Middle Palisade
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| Location | Fresno and Inyo counties, California, U.S. |
| Range | Sierra Nevada |
| Coordinates | 37°04′12″N 118°28′12″W / 37.07000°N 118.47000°WCoordinates: 37°04′12″N 118°28′12″W / 37.07000°N 118.47000°W[3] |
| Topo map | USGS Split Mountain |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 26, 1921 by Francis Farquhar and Ansel Hall[4] |
| Easiest route | East Face: Scramble class 3[5] |
Middle Palisade is a peak in the Palisades group, part of the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the US state of California. It is the twelfth highest peak in the state.
Several routes involving exposed scrambling 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 in the east face of the peak.[5]
See also [edit]
Media related to the Palisades at Wikimedia Commons
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "Middle Palisade, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ "Middle Palisade". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ 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. Sierra Club Books. pp. 216–217. ISBN 0-87156-147-6.
External links [edit]
- "Middle Palisade". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/150514. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- USGS. Split Mountain quadrangle, California (Map). 1:24000. 7.5 Minute Topographic. http://www.topoquest.com/map-detail.php?usgs_cell_id=71684. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
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