Gale Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of California}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Gale Peak

| photo = Gale Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = West aspect, above Chain Lakes

| elevation_ft = 10690.

| elevation_ref = [https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/clark_range.html Richard M. Leonard, Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)]

| prominence_ft = 600.

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=2635|name=Gale Peak, California|accessdate=2022-06-23}}

| isolation_mi = 3.73

| isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/56288|title=Gale Peak - 10,700' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2022-06-23}}

| parent_peak =

| etymology = George H. G. Gale

| map = California#USA

| map_caption = Location in California

| map_size = 250

| label_position = bottom

| location = Yosemite National Park
Madera County, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|37.5679873|N|119.3870782|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=224008|name=Gale Peak|access-date=2022-06-23}}

| topo = USGS Sing Peak

| type = Fault block

| rock = Granodiorite

| age = Cretaceous

| first_ascent = 1920

| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}}

}}

Gale Peak is a {{convert|10,690|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located in Madera County, California, United States. It is situated in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Yosemite National Park, on the common boundary which the park shares with the Ansel Adams Wilderness. The mountain rises {{convert|1.3|mi|km}} south of Fernandez Pass, {{convert|4.5|mi|km}} south of the Clark Range, and {{convert|2.2|mi|km}} north-northwest of Madera Peak. Precipitation runoff from this landform drains west into tributaries of the South Fork Merced River, and east into tributaries of the San Joaquin River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1,400|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Upper Chain Lake in {{convert|0.38|mi|km}}. The peak can be climbed via the {{YDS|2}} northwest ridge which separates Breeze Lake from the Chain Lakes.