North Palisade, California

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,248 ft / 4343 m
Subpeaks	Starlight Peak (14,200 ft/4328 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 5' 39'' N; 118° 30' 52'' W 37.09419, -118.514467 (Dec Deg) 365411E 4106394N Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Fresno (Highest Point) Inyo
Links Search Engines - search the web for "North Palisade":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      SummitPost.org Page for North Palisade      CoHP.org Trip Report for Fresno, CA by Scott Sullivan      CoHP.org Trip Report for Fresno, CA by Edward Earl      CoHP.org Trip Report for Fresno, CA by Edward Earl      CoHP.org Trip Report for Fresno, CA by Andy Martin      CoHP.org Trip Report for Fresno, CA by Craig Harris Lists that contain North Palisade:      Apex (Toughest) CoHPs (Rank #2)      Sierra Peaks Section Emblem Peaks (Rank #3)      California 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #4)      California 13,500-foot Peaks (Rank #4)      California County High Points (Rank #4)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Pacific Crest Trail (Rank #5)      U.S. National Park High Points (Rank #7)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #10)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #15)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #15)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #15)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #19)      California Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #20)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #24)      Western USA CoHPs (Rank #24)      United States 13,750-foot Peaks (Rank #42)      California Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #52)      North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #64)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #163) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        California County Summits (Suttle) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1970 by Bill Hebert (Unsuccessful)      1999-09-24 by Bill Hebert      2000-08-18 by Adam Helman      2001-07-18 by James Barlow (Unsuccessful)      2007-08-15 by Dennis Poulin      2007-08-16 by Dan Baxter      2009-09-07 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2010-06-26 by Coby King      2011-09-09 by David Hart View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to North Palisade      Elevation Ladder from North Palisade      Prominence Ladder from North Palisade

Aerial photo of North Palisade from a Cessna flying at 13,800 feet. Photo by Jim Earl.
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 2894 ft/882 m Optimistic Prominence: 2894 ft/882 m Key Col: Sawmill Pass 11,348 ft/3459 m     Topo Map: Aberdeen O36118h3 1:24,000     Key Col Lat/Long: 36° 52' 59'' N; 118° 21' 52'' W     Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Isolation	32.16 mi/51.76 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Williamson  (SSE) Isolation Limit Point: 36° 39' 26'' N; 118° 18' 43'' W     ILP Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Central Sierra Nevada (Highest Point) Range5: Palisades (Highest Point)
Ridges/Divides	Pacific Crest Sierra Nevada Crest
Drainage Basins	Kings (HP) Tulare Lake Bed (HP) South San Joaquin Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage Owens Valley Great Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Kings Canyon National Park (Highest Point)/Inyo National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area/John Muir Wilderness Area
Topo Map	North Palisade O37118a5 1:24,000
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Other Photos

The North Palisade massif glows in evening alpenglow from Palisade Basin. Photo by Grant Myers. Click here for original larger-size photo.

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