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Split Mountain
(South Palisade) 14,058' (4284m) 8th tallest in California  2005
Split Mountain from the lower part of Mazourka Rd, in the Inyos east of Independence
I went to Split Mountain area twice in August of 2005. The first time Mike and I turned back at about 12,700' because of thunderstorms. The second time I went alone and reached the summit. (It took about 2 hours from where we had turned back the first time) I brought a small folding saw and tree shears and did some trail work the second time. It had been  hard to get through the under brush with a pack on and the trail was in really bad shape in spots. I worked on three areas that were particularly bad but there is still a lot of trail work that should be done
Split Mountain (also known as South Palisade) is so named because of the  spilt which, when it fills with snow in the winter becomes even more obvious.
Basalt flow along US395 with Cardinal Peak (left) and Split Mountain (right)	A good view of the snow filled split
Split Mountain summit over un named Lake below Red Lake		Me on summit of Split Mountain
Tinnemaha Peak from Split Peak		Red Lake, Un Named Lake and distant Tinnemaha Resevoir
Bench Lake and towards the west from the summit		Split Mountain from the Inyos
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