Palisade Crest

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

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Palisade Crest

| photo = Palisade Crest from Potluck Pass.jpg

| photo_caption = West aspect, from Potluck Pass

| elevation_ft = 13559

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2730 |name=Palisade Crest, California |access-date=2009-09-01}}

| prominence_ft = 561

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak = North Palisade{{cite peakbagger |kid=2730 |name=Key Col for Palisade Crest |access-date=2016-03-23}}

| map = California

| map_caption = none

| label_position =

| map_width = 200

| listing = {{ubl

| Sierra Peaks Section{{cite sps |access-date=2008-09-15}}

| Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List{{cite vagmarken |access-date=2021-12-01}} }}

| location = {{ubl

| Kings Canyon National Park

| John Muir Wilderness Area

| {{thinsp|Fresno / Inyo counties, California, U.S.}} }}

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|37.0814468|N|118.4895799|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=1659335 |name=Palisade Crest |access-date=2021-11-30}}

| topo = USGS Split Mountain

| type =

| age =

| first_ascent = 1969 by Don Jensen, Joan Jensen and Rex Post{{cite Secor |edition=3 |pp=234–235}}

| easiest_route = Northwest ridge (rock climb, {{YDS|4}})

}}

Palisade Crest is a jagged ridge in the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada mountain rage in the United States, southeast of Mount Sill and northwest of Middle Palisade. Its twelve pinnacles are unofficially named for characters from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The highest pinnacle, at {{convert|13559|ft|m|0}}, is called Gandalf Peak.{{cite summitpost |id=153354 |name=Palisade Crest |access-date=2014-01-22}}

The ridge marks the boundary between Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness.