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	The High Sierra in the words of Norman Clyde
		North of Striped Mountain, across Taboose Pass, is Cardinal Mountain (13,388), deriving its name from a capping of cardinal schist and slate that forms a considerable portion of it and ex tends northward in a conspicuous layer along the crest of the arete that connects it with Split Mountain.
		North of this group the Sierra drops down in a deep depression, to rise again in the Ritter and Lyell groups, belonging to the mountaim of the Yosemite region, beyond the limits of the Southern Sierra.
		The rocky terrain to the north and the long promontories that jut out into the usually placid water of the lake and several rocky islets are clothed with a scattered growth of tamarack pines, while to the southwest rises a beautfful peak called Arrow Mountain, with symmetrical pyramidal form.
	www.395.com /clyde.htm (7060 words)

	North Palisade 2001 - Romain Wacziarg
		A glimpse of the Palisade Crest: North Palisade, Starlight and Thunderbolt Peaks.
		Mounts Gayley and and Sill from the trail.
		Middle Palisade and Norman Clyde Peak from the North Fork Trail
	www.stanford.edu /~wacziarg/climbing/NPalMay01.html (153 words)

	Hiking up the Palisades
		You can clearly see the Palisades in front of you (North Palisade is the one in the middle, the third tallest mountain in California) and Mt Sill to their left (it looks like a fist from this angle, but it is actually more like a pyramid).
		When the lakes (and the Palisades) are not visible anymore, the trail ends, and you simply ascend following cairns up boulders and slabs, until you reach the top of the ridge, which is actually the border of the glacier.
		North Palisade is usually wrapped in ice and too steep for any easy climbing: it requires crampons and climbing gear.
	www.scaruffi.com /travel/palisade.html (732 words)

	California's Fourteeners
		North Palisade is the classic mountaineers peak in the Sierra Nevada requiring both snow/ice climbing ability and rock climbing skills.
		From your base camp, cross the Palisades Glacier and ascend the snow couloir leading to the notch formed by Apex Peak (small peak to the north of Mount Sill) and Mount Sill.
		Middle Palisade is an exception to the rule as there is a Class 3 route from the east but from the west, the easiest route is up Class 4 rock.
	pweb.jps.net /~prichins/ca14000.htm (4928 words)

	Bob Burd's Trip Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Guarded on its northeast side by a large ice field and on its southwest flank by huge, sheer walls, North Palisade is the spectacular culmination of the incredible ridge known as the Palisades.
		Although the igneous,fine-grained diorite of the Palisades bears little relationship to the lava flows of the Owens Valley, the Brewer Party were correct in their observation that the peaks were grand and fantastic in shape.
		Their plan was to attempt to climb North Palisade first; then, if the ascent proved impossible, they would try to climb Mount Sill, which they felt would be easier.
	sepwww.stanford.edu /~morgan/snwburd/etymology/north_palisade_1.html (1710 words)

	North Platte Telegraph - Storms rock state (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In the North Platte area a severe thunderstorm watch was issued for the area between and including Grant, Custer, Chase and Frontier counties until midnight Wednesday, with later warnings of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.
		North Platte received.8 inches of rain, and large hail fell at Lake Maloney.
		Hail 1¾ inches in diameter was reported four miles northwest of North Platte, with 1-inch hail south of Wallace and large hail at Curtis.
	www.nptelegraph.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14512438&BRD=377&PAG=461&dept_id=531813&rfi=6 (751 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Javier and I climbed North Palisade at the beginning of June 2000.
		The route goes from the Palisades Glacier up the 45-degree U-notch Couloir to the notch between Polemonium Peak and North Palisade.
		North Palisade is the peak on its right above the snow patches.
	www.galcit.caltech.edu /~ericw/ski/north_pal/north_pal.html (523 words)

	Dumfries and Galloway Excavations: Dunragit 1999 Research Outline
		The two inner circuits of the palisade enclosure are not visible at all in the northern field, and Trench A was laid out on the basis of their presumed extension from the south.
		As with the second inner palisade ring, the postholes of the middle palisade gave the visual impression of having been withdrawn, as they show little sign of the clear post-pipes which were visible in the innermost ring.
		Here, the two large 'palisade' postholes are cut across by a shallower feature, 098/327, which is presumably a part of Post Setting C. This would appear to document the temporal priority of the palisade structure over at least one of the other post structures.
	orgs.man.ac.uk /research/dunragit/dunragit_1999.htm (9428 words)

	Fresno County High Point Trip Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In a wonderful team effort, we reached the summit of the 14,254' North Palisade, which crowns an incredibly jagged, heavily pinnacled section of the crest of the High Sierra.
		The Palisades, as this area is called, represent much of the finest alpine climbing in the Sierra, and North Palisade itself is often described as "THE classic High Sierra peak".
		The true summit is the largest mass on the ridge, and it appears due north near the center of the sprawl of the ridge above.
	www.cohp.org /ca/Fresno_2.html (919 words)

	Extreme Skiing - Chutes of the High Sierra
		The couloir has over 1000' of drop at a consistent 45° and usually has great snow due to its relationship with the main north buttress of the "little whitney" as it is often called.
		The couloir is 45° for 1000' and is wide open except the upper reaches which are tighter but still manageable, and most of the year it usually has a boot trail hammered into the slope.
		The Mountaineers Route follows the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek and is the suggested route in order to inspect the actual conditions before commiting to the upper headwall of the North Face.
	www.395.com /generalinfo/chutes.shtml (1221 words)

	Fort Vancouver NHS: Historic Structures Report (Chapter 1)
		This latter wall was a single row of pickets which formed part of the north palisade as it stood at the time of the fort's greatest extent.
		When the Vavasour map of late 1845 is examined closely, it is seen that the north, east, and south walls remained in the same positions as shown on the 1844 Line of Fire Map but that the west wall had been moved outward during the intervening year.
		The inner wall (line GF as extended to the outer palisades at each end) was the outer south stockade wall when the outermost west wall was completed on February 7, 1845.
	www.nps.gov /fova/hsr/hsr1-1.htm (3480 words)

	Glacier Lodge Hiking
		Both North and South Fork trails provide spectacular scenery and are well worth at least a day hike during your stay in the canyon.
		Big Pine Creek Canyon North (photo) and South (photo) Fork trails pass a chain of 15 lakes on the way to the glacier areas.
		The trail generally follows the north fork of the Big Pine creek, weaving among lodgepole pine, aspen and jeffrey pine with some switchbacks, passing a stone cabin built by movie actor Lon Chaney.
	www.sonic.net /~kwofford/glacier-lodge/hiking.htm (621 words)

	Bob Burd's Trip Reports
		Below us to the north was the Palisade Glacier, and on the other side were the Palisade and Dusy Basins.
		Between it and North Pal was a ragged arete that went down from both peaks to the low spot in the middle, several hundred feet lower.
		Having just climbed North Palisade, Polemonium was supposed to be third on our list that day, but we had quickly decided that climbing Starlight was out of the question with the amount of time we had left (it was after 2p now).
	sepwww.stanford.edu /sep/morgan/snwburd/trip_reports/north_palisade_1 (10367 words)

	Dayhike.net - All Five Palisades
		At some singular moment in their climbing career, the North American peak bagger will find themselves at 4,000 such feet in the Owens valley, staring up past 10,000 more at some of the most accessible and yet rugged mountains in the country.
		On maps, they are called the Palisades; five separate peaks along the highest continuous stretch of technical rock in the Range of Light.
		Middle Palisade we were saving for later, just in case we breezed Thunderbolt, Starlight, North Pal, Polemonium, and Sill with daylight to spare.
	www.dayhike.net /reports/palisades.htm (2691 words)

	Michael A Wong North Palisade Climb
		These questions were answered when I set off to climb North Palisade in 1992 with some good friends.
		The guidebooks said that it was straightforward, but when we arrived it turned out to be a climb that required a much higher level of expertise than we were at.
		Five more years passed, and North Palisade stayed in my mind of the things that I must accomplish in my life.
	www.debw.com /mnpal.html (1793 words)

	Place Names of the High Sierra (1926), "P," by Francis P. Farquhar
		North Palisade (14,254); Middle Palisade (14,049); South Palisade (14,051).
		“At the head of the north [middle] fork, along the main crest of the Sierra, is a range of peaks.
		Le Conte applied the name of the pass to the creek in 1904, to avoid the name of North Branch of the South Fork of the San Joaquin River.
	www.yosemite.ca.us /library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/p.html (1400 words)

	The Sierra Web \| Big Pine, California
		Third Lake is fed directly from the Palisades Glacier, which causes its milky turquoise color from the glacial powder carried down from the melting glacier.
		To the north, Mt. Sill (14,162) and the North Palisade (14,242) loom over the Palisades Glacier.
		Further north, are the high rolling meadows of Baker Creek and Coyote Flat, a remnant of an ancient plain that existed before warping and faulting formed the mountains of the Sierra Nevada.
	www.thesierraweb.com /bigpine/bigpinecreek.cfm (576 words)

	Climbing North Palisade
		Peter McColgan and myself went to the Palisade Basin to attempt North Palisade.
		To the East of the Notch, Polemonium looks like a subsidiary peak of North Palisade, but we decided to skip it and try to return and climb it if we had time.
		Following these cairns is probably the easiest route to North Palisade (at least this time of the year where there is no snow), and we are surprised that it's not documented anywhere.
	www-db.stanford.edu /~crespo/Pictures/NorthPal03 (1732 words)

	North Palisade - Peakware World Mountain Encyclcopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		North Palisade is the fourth highest mountain in California.
		North Palisade is the highest of this group, and is consequently the most popular climb.
		Commonly referred to as North Pal, the mountain's neighboring peaks are Thunderbolt Peak (immediately northwest) and Mount Sill (due east).
	www.peakware.com /peaks.html?pk=193 (144 words)

	palisade_1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Well, it's not exactly the North Cascades, but I think that the Palisade Glacier is pretty cool all the same.
		When you're looking up at the glaciers from the heat of the Owens Valley, or looking across at them from the White-Inyos, it's hard to believe that there are glaciers in such a hot, dry environment.
		The broad couloir (gully) to the left of North Pal is the U-Notch.
	home.earthlink.net /~marekc/palisade_1.htm (430 words)

	North Palisade (LeConte route), Giraud - Climber.Org Trip Report
		Lacking good beta on the conditions on North Palisade, we opted to be prepared for the worst.
		The correct chute is easy to identify by viewing the large (~500ft high) white cliffs on the west face of North Palisade.
		We climbed directly north toward the ridge, then turned east to join the summit ridge just to the south of the summit.
	www.climber.org /TripReports/1999/450.html (1253 words)

	Sierra Nevada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The range is also noted for its asymmetry; the gentle, rolling rise of its forested western slopes stand in sharp contrast to the sheer eastern slope, which drops 10,000 feet abruptly down to the floor of the Great Basin.
		Location: 20 miles southwest of Bishop CA Notes: North Palisade is often described as "THE classic High Sierra peak" and is the culmination of one of the finest alpine climbing areas in the High Sierra.
		The highest point in Fresno County, North Palisade is undisputably the hardest of California's county high points.
	www.k-online.com /~esquared/outdoor/sierra.htm (393 words)

	palisade - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Palisade, palisade : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
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	www.onelook.com /?w=palisade&ls=a (267 words)

	How to Fall Off a Mountain
		This was mostly for practice, as we expected to need this gear later in the trip when we climbed North Palisade.
		From the top of North Palisade (14,242'; 12 of 15), we could look north to the summit monolith of Thunderbolt Peak.
		The descent from North Palisade was exciting, as Tim and I each got to experience our first backcountry rappel.
	home.earthlink.net /~rich.benbrook/ch11.htm (1109 words)

	Bob Burd's Trip Reports
		It was 6:30a when the first rays of sunlight struck the Sierra crest to the west, signaling Joe and I to start snapping photos as the day broke in glorious fashion.
		The Palisades Glacier swept out dramatically below me to the northeast, and in the other direction were a hundred peaks I could not identify.
		Getting back to Thunderbolt Pass required a traverse over quite a bit of talus and boulders along the base of North Palisade, with enough of a gradient to be quite trying on my ankles, bent at an angle to the side.
	sepwww.stanford.edu /~morgan/snwburd/trip_reports/thunderbolt_2.html (6508 words)

	North Palisade
		North America / Pacific Cordillera / Sierra Nevada
		Cells: Orizaba 4000 / Whitney 3000 / Whitney 2000 / Whitney 1000 / North Palisade 500
		The North Palisade is a dramatic massif on the Sierra Crest.
	bivouac.com /MtnPg.asp?MtnId=12989 (76 words)

	Backcountry Resource Center by Paul Richins, Jr.
		I had hoped to leave the north side of Gabbot Pass at 11,900 feet and ascend the glacier to the broad northwest ridge and continue to the summit.
		This route was steeper than the glacier route on the north side and Colin and I climbed to within about 300 feet of the summit.
		Merriam Pass and the pass north of Aweetasal Lake were guarded by cornices, cliffs, avalanches, and difficult terrain on their north sides--avoid these passes.
	pweb.jps.net /~prichins/skitrips.htm (20258 words)

	Big Pine Canyon, Inyo National Forest, Palisades Glacier - City Concierge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The largest of the glaciers in the Big Pine area of the Sierra, Palisade Glacier, is estimated to be about two miles in length and several hundred feet thick.
		Third Lake is fed directly from the Palisade Glacier, which causes its milky turquoise color from the glacial powder carried down from the melting glacier.
		To the north, Mt, Sill (14,162) and the North Palisade (14,242) loom over the Palisade Glacier.
	www.cityconcierge.com /activities/big_pine.shtml (693 words)

	InfoHub - A Tale of Two Palisades (and more!)
		My first trip to the Palisades was in 1990 when I summited on Robinson and Agassiz but failed on a solo attempt of North Palisade.
		This route is a shinning gem on the crowning summit of the Sierras.
		The views of the backside of Agassiz, Winchell, Thunderbolt and North Pal are all quite impressive from the summit.
	www.infohub.com /forums/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=481 (2755 words)

	North Palisade - Climber.Org Trip Report
		This area is essentially the terminal moraine for the Palisade Glacier.
		Camping is at the foot of the Palisade Glacier, apron to the Gods: Temple Crag, Gayley, Sill, Polemonium, North Palisade, Starlight, T-Bolt, Winchell, and their couisin Agassiz.
		For mountaineers whose interests go beyond tapping the summit of one peak in order to move on to the next, this route, on this mountain, is absolutely a must do.
	www.climber.org /TripReports/2000/646.html (722 words)

	North Palisade Trip 2000
		On August 14, 2000, I went for a three day, two night trip into the Palisades with the objective of climbing the North Palisade on the second day.
		View of the Palisades from the foot of the glacier.
		Doug N. at the summit of the North Palisade.
	www.durt.org /photo/palisades/palisades.html (185 words)

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