Norman Clyde Peak  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  13,920' Lat, Long:  37.0749, -118.4729 Map Page Views:  3,092. Good page? (1 like)    Administrators:  Chris Owen, M.Morley, Sam Vanderhyden, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Chris Owen on Feb 2, 2007 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

Norman Clyde Peak - Twilight Pillar drops straight...

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A fitting memorial to Norman Clyde - the Sierras most prolific first ascentionist. This peak dominates the Palisades trailhead at Sage Flat, rising at the end of the South Fork of Big Pine Creek canyon. No easy way to the top adds to it's appeal. The standout route on this peak is Twilight Pillar (III 5.9).

Getting There 

From Big Pine on 395 drive up the road to Glacier Lodge; trailhead is signed on the right.

Take the South Fork of Big Pine Creek, at first flat for quite a while, cross the creek and begin to switchback up a steep scree slope to the crest. Now head towards Willow Lake, followed by a trail left and up to Brainard Lake. A climbers trail goes around the north shore of this lake, then scree and slabs to the northern end of Finger Lake. Camp here.

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Twilight Pillar 5.8  CA : High Sierra : Norman Clyde Peak

Twilight Pillar is a great route on a outstanding peak with no easy route to the top. We climbed the route in late May with lots of snow around.We gained the ridge directly below the start of the fire bird ridge. From that point we traversed below the major snow field left on to the bottom portion of the Twilight Pillar and followed the lower ridge {5th class}to a nice ledge below the upper headwall.From the ledge there are 5 or 6 great pitch's up to 5.8 that take you to the summit. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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Middle Palisade & Norman Clyde Peak as seen from T...	South Fk of Big Pine Creek - Clyde in the backgrou...	Middle Pal on the left, Norm Clyde on right.
Norman Clyde Peak from the summit of Mt Sill. July...	BETA PHOTO: Romain descends back to Middle Palisade Glacier af...	Snapped while bailing to contact pass... atypical ...
Panorama - Middle Pal to Mt. Sill. Oct 16, 2010