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Middle Palisade

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Topo map
  
USGS Split Mountain

Prominence
  
331 m

Mountain range
  
Sierra Nevada

Parent range
  
Sierra Nevada

Elevation
  
4,273 m

First ascender
  
Francis P. Farquhar

Parent peak
  
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Listing
  
California fourteeners 11thSPS Mountaineers peakWestern States Climbers Star peak

Location
  
Fresno and Inyo counties, California, U.S.

First ascent
  
August 26, 1921 by Francis Farquhar and Ansel Hall

Easiest route
  
East Face: Exposed scramble, class 3

Similar
  
Norman Clyde Peak, North Palisade, Mount Sill, Split Mountain, Thunderbolt Peak

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.

Map of Middle Palisade, California 93513, USA

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.

References

Middle Palisade Wikipedia


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