Middle Palisade
| Middle Palisade | |
|---|---|
 Middle Palisade, from Lone Pine Creek drainage | |
| Elevation | 14,018 ft (4,273 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 1,085 ft (331 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Sill[1] |
| Listing |
California fourteener SPS Mountaineers peak[2] |
| Location | |
  Middle Palisade Location in California | |
| Location | Fresno and Inyo counties, California, U.S. |
| Range | Sierra Nevada |
| Coordinates | 37°04′16″N 118°28′10″W / 37.0711425°N 118.4695046°WCoordinates: 37°04′16″N 118°28′10″W / 37.0711425°N 118.4695046°W[3] |
| Topo map | USGS Split Mountain |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 26, 1921 by Francis Farquhar and Ansel Hall[4] |
| Easiest route | East Face: exposed scramble class 3[5] |
Middle Palisade is a peak in the Palisades group, part of the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Middle Palisade, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ↑ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ↑ "Middle Palisade". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ↑ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 216–217. ISBN 9780871561473.
External links
- "Middle Palisade". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
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