| North Palisade | |
|---|---|
| Starlight Peak | |
 North Palisade from Windy Point (by Ansel Adams, 1936) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,248 ft (4,343 m)[1] NAVD88 |
| Prominence | 2,894 ft (882 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Whitney[2] |
| Isolation | 32.2 mi (51.8 km)[1] |
| Listing |
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| Coordinates | 37°05′39″N 118°30′52″W / 37.094260386°N 118.514455033°W[5] |
| Geography | |
  North Palisade California | |
| Location | Fresno County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada, The Palisades |
| Topo map | USGS North Palisade Quadrangle[6] |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type(s) | Igneous, primarily diorite[7] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 25, 1903 by James S. Hutchinson, Joseph N. LeConte, James K. Moffitt[8] |
| Easiest route | The LeConte Route, class 4[9] |
North Palisade is the third-highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California, and one of the state's small number of peaks over 14,000 feet, known as fourteeners. It is the highest peak of the Palisades group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra range. It sports a small glacier (the Palisade Glacier) and several highly prized rock climbing routes on its northeast side.
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- ^ "Sawmill Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ "North Palisade". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ "North Palisade". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ Porcella, Stephen; Burns, Cameron M. (1998). Climbing California's Fourteeners: 183 Routes to the Fifteen Highest Peaks. Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-555-7.
- ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 248–255. ISBN 978-0898869712.