In the mountaineering parlance of the

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, a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least . The 96 fourteeners in the United States are all west of the

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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

has the most (53) of any single state;

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is second with 29. Many peak baggers try to climb all fourteeners in the contiguous United States, one particular state, or another region. __TOC__

Qualification criteria

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: # Topographic elevation is the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.All elevations in the 48 contiguous United States include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 ( NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 ( NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Surveybr>note
If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the

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is shown. #

Topographic prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest cont ...

is how high the summit rises above its surroundings.The

topographic prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest cont ...

of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for Denali in

is the Isthmus of Rivas in

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, away. # Topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) is how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation. Not all summits over 14,000 feet qualify as fourteeners. Summits that qualify are those considered by mountaineers to be independent. Objective standards for independence include topographic prominence and isolation (distance from a higher summit), or a combination of the two. However, fourteener lists do not always use such objective rules consistently. A rule commonly used by mountaineers in the contiguous United States is that a peak must have at least of prominence to qualify. By this rule, Colorado has 53 fourteeners, California has 12, and Washington has two. According to the Mountaineering Club of Alaska, the standard in

uses a prominence rule rather than a rule. By this rule, Alaska has at least 21 peaks over and its 12 highest peaks exceed .

Fourteeners

The following table lists the 96 mountain peaks of the United States with at least of topographic elevation and at least of topographic prominence]. Of these, 53 rise in Colorado, 29 in Alaska, 12 in California, and one in Washington (Liberty Cap is part of the crater atop Mt Rainier). The 22 highest fourteeners all rise in Alaska.

Topographic prominence

The table above uses a minimum topographic prominence criterion of and includes 96 peaks. The number of peaks included depends upon the minimum topographic prominence criterion. A criterion of includes 90 peaks, includes 77 peaks, includes 63 peaks, and includes 46 peaks. The following U.S. summits have 14,000 ft of elevation, but have less than 300 ft of topographic prominence: * Denali, Browne Tower, 14,530, Alaska: Prominence = . Why this became included on some fourteener lists is unclear. * Mount Cameron, 14,238, Colorado: Prominence = 118 feet. * El Diente Peak, 14,159, Colorado: Prominence = 239 feet. On many fourteener lists. * Point Success, 14,158, Washington: Prominence = 118 feet. * Polemonium Peak, 14,080+, California: Prominence = 160–240 feet. * Starlight Peak, 14,080, California: Prominence = 80–160 feet. * North

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, 14,040+, Colorado: Prominence = 200–280 feet. * North Eolus, 14,039, Colorado: Prominence = 159–199 feet. * North Maroon Peak, 14,014, Colorado: Prominence = 234 feet. On many fourteener lists. *

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, 14,003, California: Prominence = 223 feet. * Sunlight Spire, 14,001, Colorado: Prominence = 195–235 feet.

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* Eight-thousander, peak with at least 8,000 m. elevation

Notes

References

External links

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Geographic Names Information System @ USGSUnited States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

Geodetic Glossary @ NGS

NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS

Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGSBivouac.comPeakbagger.comPeaklist.orgSummitpost.org
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