North Guard is a remote 13,327-foot-elevation (4,062-meter) mountain summit located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California.

[6] A class 4 route on the northeast aspect was first climbed in 1934 by David Brower and Hervey Voge.

[7] The first ascent via the class 5.8 East Face was made in 1981 by Fred Beckey and Rick Nolting.

[9] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains.

As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift).