Palisade Crest

Palisade Crest
Elevation 13,559 ft (4,133 m) NAVD 88[1][2]
Prominence 561 ft (171 m) [2]
Parent peak Middle Palisade [3]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section [4]
Location
Location Fresno–Inyo county border, California, USA
Range Sierra Nevada
Coordinates [5]
Topo map USGS Split Mountain
Climbing
First ascent 1969 by Don Jensen, Joan Jensen and Rex Post [6]
Easiest route Northwest ridge (easy rock climb) [6]

Palisade Crest is a jagged ridge in Palisades's region of the Sierra Nevada southeast of Mount Sill and northwest of Middle Palisade. Its twelve pinnacles are unofficially named for characters from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.[6] The highest pinnacle, at 13,559 feet (4,133 m), is called Gandalf Peak.[7] The ridge marks the boundary between Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness.

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palisades_(California_Sierra) Palisades] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ The elevation of this summit has been converted from its National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) elevation of 13,553 feet (4,131 m) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) elevation of 13,559 feet (4,133 m). National Geodetic Survey
  2. ^ a b "Palisade Crest, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2730. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  3. ^ "North Palisade". Peaklist.org. http://www.peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/palisade.html. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
  4. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
  5. ^ "Palisade Crest". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1659335. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
  6. ^ a b c Secor, R. J.. The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails (2nd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-625-1. 
  7. ^ "Palisade Crest". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/153354.