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 and several highly prized rock climbing routes on its northeast side.
Elevation: 14,248 ft (4,343 m) · NAVD88
Location: Fresno County, California, U.S.
Prominence: 2,894 ft (882 m)
Parent peak: Mount Whitney
Isolation: 32.2 mi (51.8 km)
Listing: North America highest peaks 45th · US highest major peaks 31st · California highest major peaks 4th · California fourteeners 4th · California county high points 4th · SPS Emblem peak · Western States Climbers peak
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