Middle Palisade is a 14,018-foot (4,273 meters) peak in the central
Sierra Nevada mountain range in the
U.S. state
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California
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. It is a fourteener, and lies on the
Sierra Crest
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as part of the
Palisades group, a group of prominent Sierra Nevada mountain summits that includes multiple other
fourteeners, approximately 12 miles southwest of the town of
Big Pine. Middle Palisade is the twelfth highest peak in California.
Middle Palisade's eastern flank hosts the
Middle Palisade Glacier
Middle Palisade Glacier consists of two glaciers in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in the U.S. state of California. Less than southeast of Norman Clyde Glacier and situated at an altitude of , Middle Palisade Glacier is in the John Muir Wilderness o ...
, lying above the South Fork of
Big Pine Creek. To the west of Middle Palisade are the Palisade Lakes, Palisade Creek, and the
John Muir Trail
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as it ascends south towards
Mather Pass.
Several routes involving
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scrambling
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and/or easy technical
rock climbing () exist on the various flanks of Middle Palisade. Some routes involve travel on the
Middle Palisade Glacier
Middle Palisade Glacier consists of two glaciers in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in the U.S. state of California. Less than southeast of Norman Clyde Glacier and situated at an altitude of , Middle Palisade Glacier is in the John Muir Wilderness o ...
. The easiest route involves scrambling () up a chute on the east face of the peak.
See also
*
List of California fourteeners
*
The Palisades of the Sierra Nevada
*
Disappointment Peak
References
External links
*
Fourteeners of California
Mountains of Kings Canyon National Park
Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness
Mountains of Fresno County, California
Mountains of Inyo County, California
Mountains of Northern California
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