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Middle Palisade

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Coordinates:37°04′13″N118°28′09″W / 37.0702899°N 118.4691380°W /37.0702899; -118.4691380

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Mountain of the Sierra Nevada in California, United States

Middle Palisade
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	California fourteeners 11th^[3] SPS Mountaineers peak^[4] Western States Climbers Star peak^[5]
Coordinates	37°04′13″N118°28′09″W / 37.0702899°N 118.4691380°W /37.0702899; -118.4691380^[6]
Geography
Middle Palisade
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Split Mountain
Climbing
First ascent	August 26, 1921 byFrancis Farquhar andAnsel Hall^[7]
Easiest route	East Face:Exposed scramble,class 3^[8]

Middle Palisade is a 14,018-foot (4,273-meter) peak in the centralSierra Nevada mountain range in theU.S. state ofCalifornia. It is afourteener, and lies on theSierra Crest as part of thePalisades group, a group of prominent Sierra Nevada mountain summits that includes multiple other fourteeners, approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the town ofBig Pine. Middle Palisade is the twelfth highest peak in California.

Middle Palisade's eastern flank hosts theMiddle Palisade Glacier, lying above the South Fork ofBig Pine Creek. To Middle Palisade's west lie the Palisade Lakes, Palisade Creek, and theJohn Muir Trail as it ascends south towardsMather Pass.

Several routes involvingexposed scrambling class 3 and/or easy technicalrock climbing (class 4) exist on the various flanks of Middle Palisade. Some routes involve travel on theMiddle Palisade Glacier. The easiest route involves scrambling (class 3) up a chute on the east face of the peak.^[8]

References

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^^a ^b"Middle Palisade, California".Peakbagger.com. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2009.
^"Key Col for Middle Palisade".Peakbagger.com. RetrievedMarch 23, 2016.
^"California 14,000-foot Peaks".Peakbagger.com. RetrievedMarch 24, 2016.
^"Sierra Peaks Section List"(PDF).Angeles Chapter,Sierra Club. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2009.
^"Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. RetrievedMarch 24, 2016.
^"Middle Palisade".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior. RetrievedNovember 30, 2021.
^Farquhar, Francis P. (1926).Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco:Sierra Club. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2009.
^^a ^bRoper, Steve (1976).The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco:Sierra Club Books. pp. 216–217.ISBN 978-0871561473.

External links

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"Middle Palisade".SummitPost.org.

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