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) 365411 E 4106394 N, 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      North Palisade at SummitPost.org      North Palisade at ListsOfJohn.com      North Palisade at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      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 Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain North Palisade:      California 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #4)      Fred Beckey's Great Peaks of the Continent (Rank #7)      USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #8)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Pacific Crest Trail (Rank #5)      USA 48-States 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #21)      Porcella/Burns California Fourteeners (Rank #4)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #19)      Customary Western USA Fourteeners (Rank #21)      Apex (Toughest) CoHPs (Rank #2)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #15)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #24)      5000 foot gain CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #7)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #10)      Fifty Highest CoHPs (Rank #20)      United States 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #43)      California County High Points (Rank #4)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #19)      California County Prominence Peaks (Rank #24)      California Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #20)      North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #63) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        California County Summits (Suttle)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 279      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 273) Selected Trip Reports:      1948-07-18 by Frederick Johnson (Unsuccessful)      1949-07-10 by Frederick Johnson (Unsuccessful)      1967-08-24 by Frederick Johnson      1984-08-23 by Greg Gerlach      1990 by David Kensiski (Unsuccessful)      2000-08-18 by Adam Helman      2001-05-07 by Romain Wacziarg      2001-05-07 by Rene Renteria      2007-08-15 by Dennis Poulin      2007-08-16 by Dan Baxter      2009-09-07 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2009-09-07 by Bob Bolton      2014-08-20 by Mike Maki      2014-09-13 by James Morehouse      2015-08-01 by JT Newgard (Unsuccessful)      2016-07-30 by Scott Larson      2016-08-20 by Rich Stephens      2017-06-03 by Eric Gilbertson      2017-07-13 by Mitch Mitchell (GPS Track)      2018-06-04 by Lou Hibbard      2018-07-03 by John Porro      2018-08-19 by Ayelet Bitton      2018-08-23 by Andrew Kirmse (Unsuccessful)      2018-09-02 by Derek Tse (GPS Track)      2018-09-08 by Bob Sumner      2019-06-15 by Rick Abbott (Unsuccessful)      2019-08-18 by Clément Guillaume (GPS Track)      2019-08-18 by Grant Miller (GPS Track)      2019-09-01 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)      2019-09-09 by Andrew Kirmse (Unsuccessful)      2020-08-22 by Sean Casserly      2021-07-21 by Mike Znachko      2021-08-02 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track)      2021-08-08 by Emily Cheng (GPS Track)      2021-08-21 by Michael Toffey (GPS Track)
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The North Palisade massif glows in evening alpenglow from Palisade Basin (2009-09-06). Photo by Grant Myers. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2894 ft/882 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2894 ft/882 m   Line Parent: Mount Williamson   Key Col: Sawmill Pass    11,348 ft/3459 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 32.16 mi/51.76 km    Isolation Limit Point: 36.657088, -118.31203 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Williamson  (SSE)
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
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Mt. Agassiz and North Palisade from Mt. Goode (1967-08-19). Photo by Frederick Johnson. Click here for larger-size photo.

Aerial photo of North Palisade from a Cessna flying at 13,800 feet. Photo by Jim Earl (1997-03). Photo by Edward Earl.

Descending North Palisade on the Moore Variation ledge system (2014-09-13). Photo by James Morehouse. Click here for larger-size photo.

In the U Notch, early 1970s. Photo by Randy Hamm (1972). Photo by Dick Ellsworth. Click here for larger-size photo.

North Palisade from the vicinity of Sky Haven. June 1982. Photo by Gordon Jacobs. Click here for larger-size photo.

At Thunderbolt pass, during our attempt to climb part of the Thunderbolt to Sill traverse (2019-09-01). Photo by Emily Cheng. Click here for larger-size photo.

The LeConte Route chimney on North Palisade's normal route (2009-09-07). Click here for larger-size photo.

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