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Middle Palisade is a peak in the
Palisades groupThe Palisades are a group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada in the US state of California. They are located about southwest of the town of Big Pine, California...
, part of the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the US state of
CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It is the twelfth highest peak in the state.
Several routes involving exposed
scramblingScrambling is a method of ascending rocky faces and ridges. It is an ambiguous term that lies somewhere between hillwalking and rock climbing. It is often distinguished from hillwalking by defining a scramble as a route where hands must be used in the ascent...
and/or easy technical
rock climbingRock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
(
class 4The Yosemite Decimal System is a three-part system used for rating the difficulty of walks, hikes, and climbs. It is primarily used by mountaineers in the United States and Canada. The Class 5 portion of the Class scale is primarily a rock climbing classification system. Originally the system was...
) exist on the various flanks of Middle Palisade. Some routes involve travel on the
Middle Palisade GlacierThe Middle Palisade Glacier is a glacier located in the central Sierra Nevada of California. The alpine glacier is situated on the northeast side of Middle Palisade. The glacier is located at...
. The easiest route involves scrambling (
class 3The Yosemite Decimal System is a three-part system used for rating the difficulty of walks, hikes, and climbs. It is primarily used by mountaineers in the United States and Canada. The Class 5 portion of the Class scale is primarily a rock climbing classification system. Originally the system was...
) up a chute in the east face of the peak.
See also
- List of California fourteeners
- Mountain peaks of California
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of California.Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface...
- Palisades of the Sierra Nevada