Fourteener

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Mountain climbers in the United States refer to a Fourteener as any mountain with a peak higher than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 meters). Outside of the United States, this term is rarely used. In the rest of the world, where the metric system is common, one would rather speak of four-thousanders .

Most of the fourteeners (54) are in the state of Colorado , but the ten highest are all in Alaska . Having climbed all Fourteeners in the USA, or at least all in Colorado, is a popular destination among the so-called peak baggers (literally “summit baggers”). In Europe there is a similar “ collecting mania ” with regard to four-thousand-meter peaks , ie mountains over 4000 meters high. However, the alpine peaks usually present a greater mountaineering challenge.

Mount Shasta , a Fourteener in California

List of Fourteeners in the USA

The following mountains are generally recognized as Fourteener, but the criteria, in particular how far apart mountain peaks in massifs must be in order to be recognized, are not one hundred percent uniform.

  1. Denali (Mount McKinley) , Alaska, 20,320 feet
  2. Denali North Peak , Alaska, 19,470 feet
  3. Mount Saint Elias , Alaska, 1,8008 feet
  4. Mount Foraker , Alaska, 17,400 feet
  5. Mount Bona , Alaska, 16,550 feet
  6. Mount Blackburn , Alaska, 16,390 feet
  7. Mount Blackburn (East Summit), Alaska, 16,286 feet
  8. Mount Sanford , Alaska, 16,237 feet
  9. Good Neighbor Peak , Alaska, 15,979 feet
  10. Mount Churchill , Alaska, 15,638 feet
  11. Mount Fairweather , Alaska, 15,300 feet
  12. Mount Hubbard , Alaska, 14,950 feet
  13. Mount Bear , Alaska, 14,831 feet
  14. Mount Hunter , Alaska, 14,573 feet
  15. Mount Whitney , California, 14,505 feet
  16. Mount Alverstone , Alaska, 14,500 feet
  17. University Peak , Alaska, 14,470 feet
  18. Aello Peak , Alaska, 14,445 feet
  19. Mount Elbert , Colorado, 14,433 feet
  20. Mount Massive , Colorado, 14,421 feet
  21. Mount Harvard , Colorado, 14,420 feet
  22. Mount Rainier , Washington, 14,410 feet
  23. Mount Williamson , California, 14,375 feet
  24. La Plata Peak , Colorado, 14,361 feet
  25. Blanca Peak , Colorado, 14,345 feet
  26. Uncompahgre Peak , Colorado, 14,309 feet
  27. Crestone Peak , Colorado, 14,294 feet
  28. Mount Lincoln , Colorado, 14,286 feet
  29. Grays Peak , Colorado, 14,270 feet
  30. Mount Antero , Colorado, 14,269 feet
  31. Torreys Peak , Colorado, 14,267 feet
  32. Castle Peak , Colorado, 14,265 feet
  33. Quandary Peak , Colorado, 14,265 feet
  34. Mount Evans , Colorado, 14,264 feet
  35. Longs Peak , Colorado, 14,255 feet
  36. Mount Wilson , Colorado, 14,246 feet
  37. White Mountain Peak , California, 14,246 feet
  38. North Palisade , California, 14,242 feet
  39. Mount Shavano , Colorado, 14,229 feet
  40. Crestone Needle , Colorado, 14,197 feet
  41. Mount Belford , Colorado, 14,197 feet
  42. Mount Princeton , Colorado, 14,197 feet
  43. Mount Yale , Colorado, 14,196 feet
  44. Mount Bross , Colorado, 14,172 feet ( saddle height = 292 to 332 feet)
  45. Kit Carson Mountain , Colorado, 14,165 feet
  46. Mount Wrangell , Alaska, 14,163 feet
  47. Mount Shasta , California, 14,162 feet
  48. Mount Sill , California, 14,162 feet
  49. Maroon Peak , Colorado, 14,156 feet
  50. Tabeguache Peak , Colorado, 14,155 feet
  51. Mount Oxford , Colorado, 14,153 feet
  52. Mount Sneffels , Colorado, 14,150 feet
  53. Mount Democrat , Colorado, 14,148 feet
  54. Capitol Peak , Colorado, 14,130 feet
  55. Liberty Cap , Washington, 14,112 feet
  56. Pikes Peak , Colorado, 14,110 feet
  57. Snowmass Mountain , Colorado, 14,092 feet
  58. Mount Russell , California, 14,086 feet
  59. Mount Eolus , Colorado, 14,083 feet
  60. Windom Peak , Colorado, 14082 feet
  61. Challenger Point , Colorado, 14,080 feet (notch height = 280-320 feet)
  62. Mount Columbia , Colorado, 14,073 feet
  63. Mount Augusta , Alaska, 14,070 feet
  64. Missouri Mountain , Colorado, 14,067 feet
  65. Humboldt Peak , Colorado, 14,064 feet
  66. Mount Bierstadt , Colorado, 14,060 feet
  67. Sunlight Peak , Colorado, 14,059 feet
  68. Split Mountain , California, 14,058 feet
  69. Handies Peak , Colorado, 14,048 feet
  70. Culebra Peak , Colorado, 14,047 feet
  71. Ellingwood Point , Colorado, 14,042 feet
  72. Mount Lindsey , Colorado, 14,042 feet
  73. Middle Palisade , California, 14,040 feet
  74. Little Bear Peak , Colorado, 14,037 feet
  75. Mount Sherman , Colorado, 14,036 feet
  76. Redcloud Peak , Colorado, 14,034 feet
  77. Mount Langley , California, 14,028 feet
  78. Pyramid Peak , Colorado, 14,018 feet
  79. Mount Tyndall , California, 14,018 feet
  80. Wilson Peak , Colorado, 14,017 feet
  81. Wetterhorn Peak , Colorado, 14,015 feet
  82. Mount Muir , California, 14,015 feet
  83. San Luis Peak , Colorado, 14,014 feet
  84. Huron Peak , Colorado, 14,005 feet
  85. Mount of the Holy Cross , Colorado, 14,005 feet
  86. Sunshine Peak , Colorado, 14,001 feet

See also

List of mountains or elevations in the United States

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