North Palisade peak
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North Palisade peak is one of the highest and most prominent summits in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned among mountaineers for its rugged alpine terrain and challenging climbing routes.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Palisade | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fourteener
ⓘ
mountain peak ⓘ summit ⓘ |
| climbingType |
alpine climbing
ⓘ
ice climbing ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ |
| county |
Fresno County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inyo County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainage |
Kings River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Owens River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| easiestRoute | Northwest Chute (class 3 scramble) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
14348 ft
ⓘ
4372 m ⓘ |
| firstAscent | 1903 ⓘ |
| firstAscentBy |
C. Leonard Wilson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James S. Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph N. LeConte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAscentFrom | U-Notch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlacier | Palisade Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubfeature |
North Face
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwest Chute NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Face ⓘ U-Notch Couloir NERFINISHED ⓘ V-Notch Couloir NERFINISHED ⓘ West Chute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAmongHighest | highest peaks in California ⓘ |
| isAmongMostProminent | most prominent summits in Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ice couloir climbs
ⓘ
rugged alpine terrain ⓘ technical climbing routes ⓘ |
| listing |
California fourteeners
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Peaks Section NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mountainRange | Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestHigherNeighbor | Mount Whitney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Palisades (Sierra Nevada) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prominence |
2106 ft
ⓘ
642 m ⓘ |
| recreation |
backpacking
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ technical climbing ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Sierra Nevada crest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topographicIsolation |
3.73 mi
ⓘ
6.0 km ⓘ |
| USGSTopoMap | USGS North Palisade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| within |
Inyo National Forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kings Canyon National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.