THIRTEENER

In mountaineering in the United States, a 'thirteener' is a mountain that exceeds above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners" which exceed . In most instances, the term "thirteeners" refers only to those peaks which are between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation.
The importance of thirteeners is greatest in Colorado, which has the majority of such peaks in North America with over 600 of them. Despite the daunting number of peaks, a few dedicated peak baggers have successfully managed to climb all of Colorado's thirteeners. Thirteeners are also most prominent in those states whose highpoints fall between 13,000 and 13,999 feet. Regarding whether or not peaks in excess of 13,999 feet should be considered as "thirteeners", this article will count them as such for statistical purposes, but concentrate its focus on those peaks less than 14,000 feet since the higher peaks are already covered in the fourteeners list.
Not all summits over 13,000 feet qualify as thirteeners: only those summits qualify which are considered by mountaineers to be independent. Objective standards for independence include topographic prominence and isolation (distance from a higher summit), or a combination. However thirteener lists do not always consistently use such objective rules. A rule commonly used by mountaineers in the contiguous United States is that a peak must have at least of prominence to qualify. According to the Mountaineering Club of Alaska, it is standard in Alaska to use a prominence rule rather than a 300 foot rule. These are the standards applied for the lists below.

Contents

List of United States thirteeners by state

Colorado

California

Alaska

Wyoming

Utah

New Mexico

Hawaii

Nevada

Washington

See also

References

External links

List of United States thirteeners by state

Thirteeners are found in nine U.S. states. This table summarizes their numbers based on each state's prominence criteria:

U.S. State	Thirteeners	Fourteeners	Highest 13er < 14,000 ft	Elevation
Colorado	637	53	Grizzly Peak
California	147	11	Mount Barnard
Alaska	41	20	Mount Hunter, South Peak
Wyoming	34	0	Gannett Peak
Utah	17	0	Kings Peak
New Mexico	3	0	Wheeler Peak
Hawaii	2	0	Mauna Kea
Nevada	1 (or 2)	0	Boundary Peak
Washington	2	2	none	-

Colorado

By the most detailed count, Colorado has 637 peaks which exceed and meet the prominence criteria, of which 53 are fourteeners.^[1] The highest of them less than 14,000 feet feet are as follows (the rank includes higher peaks):

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
54	Grizzly Peak		Sawatch Range
55	Stewart Peak		San Juan Mountains
56	Columbia Point		Sangre de Cristo Range
57	Pigeon Peak		San Juan Mountains
58	Mount Ouray		Sawatch Range
59	Ice Mountain		Sawatch Range
60	Fletcher Mountain		Tenmile Range
61	Pacific Peak		Tenmile Range

Amazingly, Grizzly Peak is not only the name of Colorado's highest thirteener, but the state has four other Grizzly Peaks plus one Grizzly Mountain on the list:

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
130	Grizzly Peak		San Juan Mountains
142	Grizzly Mountain		Sawatch Range
145	Grizzly Peak		San Juan Mountains
302	Grizzly Peak		Front Range
415	Grizzly Peak		Sawatch Range

Other notable Colorado thirteeners not named "Grizzly" include:

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
82	Crystal Peak		Tenmile Range
131	Argentine Peak		Tenmile Range
304	Mummy Mountain		Mummy Range
324	Parry Peak		Front Range
451	Hesperus Mountain		San Juan Mountains
515	Twilight Peak		San Juan Mountains
556	Lizard Head		San Juan Mountains

California

California has the second greatest number of thirteeners with 147 of them, of which 11 are fourteeners (these counts exclude Mount Muir, which may not have 300 ft prominence).^[2] The highest under 14,000 feet are as follows (the rank includes higher peaks):

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
12	Mount Barnard		Sierra Nevada
13	Mount Humphreys		Sierra Nevada
14	Mount Keith		Sierra Nevada
15	Mount Stanford, South Peak		Sierra Nevada

Other notable California thirteeners include:

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
25	Mount Darwin		Sierra Nevada
26	Mount Kaweah		Sierra Nevada
25	Mount Tom		Sierra Nevada
67	Montgomery Peak		White Mountains
119	Mount Ritter		Sierra Nevada
122	Red Slate Mountain		Sierra Nevada
125	Mount Lyell		Sierra Nevada
136	Mount Dana		Sierra Nevada

Alaska

Alaska has at least 41 thirteeners which meet its more stringent prominence criteria of 500 ft, of which 20 are also fourteeners. Different sources list varying numbers of 13,000+ ft peaks in the state,^[3][4][5] mainly because many of the peaks (especially those which are sub-peaks of a higher mountain) are unnamed and have no spot elevations given on the USGS topographical maps. The following list may still be missing a few peaks which should be included:

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
21	Mount Hunter, South Peak		Alaska Range
22	Atna Peaks		Wrangell Mountains
23	Regal Mountain		Wrangell Mountains
24	Mount Hayes		Alaska Range
25	Mount Cook		Saint Elias Mountains
26	Mount Sanford, South Peak		Wrangell Mountains
27	Mount Quincy Adams		Fairweather Range
28	Ocypete Peak		Saint Elias Mountains
29	East Kahiltna Peak		Alaska Range
30	Mount Natazhat		Saint Elias Mountains
31	Mount Jarvis		Wrangell Mountains
32	Mount Hunter, Middle Peak	+	Alaska Range
33	Mount Bona, East Peak (Tressider Peak)		Saint Elias Mountains
34	Mount Hayes, South Peak		Alaska Range
35	Celeno Peak	+	Saint Elias Mountains
36	Parka Peak		Wrangell Mountains
37	Mount Silverthrone		Alaska Range
38	Mount Marcus Baker		Chugach Mountains
39	Mount Jarvis, North Peak		Wrangell Mountains
40	Mount Moffitt		Alaska Range
41	Mount Zanetti		Wrangell Mountains

Wyoming

Wyoming has 34 thirteeners, but no fourteeners.^[6] Almost all of them are located in the remote Wind River Range. The highest of them are:

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
1	Gannett Peak		Wind River Range
2	Grand Teton		Teton Range
3	Fremont Peak		Wind River Range
4	Mount Warren		Wind River Range
5	Mount Helen		Wind River Range
6	Turret Peak		Wind River Range
7	Mount Sacagawea		Wind River Range

Other notable Wyoming thirteeners include:

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
20	Wind River Peak		Wind River Range
23	Cloud Peak		Big Horn Mountains

Utah

Utah has 17 thirteeners, but no fourteeners.^[7] All of them are located in the remote Uinta Mountains near the Wyoming border, with none in the more famous Wasatch Range. Only 8 of these thirteeners even have official names, the others (including those ranked 5–9) are merely unnamed sub-peaks with sufficient prominence to qualify. The highest of the thirteeners are:

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
1	Kings Peak		Uinta Mountains
2	South Kings Peak		Uinta Mountains
3	Gilbert Peak		Uinta Mountains
4	Mount Emmons		Uinta Mountains

New Mexico

New Mexico has 3 thirteeners, all located within about of each other in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.^[8]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
1	Wheeler Peak		Sangre de Cristo Mountains
2	Truchas Peak		Sangre de Cristo Mountains
3	North Truchas Peak		Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Hawaii

Hawaii has two thirteeners,^[9] the great shield volcanoes which comprise the bulk of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Mountain	Elevation	Range
Mauna Kea		Island of Hawaii
Mauna Loa		Island of Hawaii

Nevada

Nevada has only a single thirteener which meets the threshold for inclusion, Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park with an impressive of prominence. However, the highest point in the state is Boundary Peak, which is a sub-peak of California's Montgomery Peak with only of prominence.^[10]

Mountain	Elevation	Range
Boundary Peak		White Mountains
Wheeler Peak		Snake Range

Washington

Mount Rainier is the only mountain in Washington state which exceeds , and it has two summits which meet the prominence criteria,^[11] both of which are included on the list of fourteeners.

See also

★ Fourteeners

References

★ Colorado's Thirteeners, 13,800 to 13,999 Feet: From Hikes to Climbs, , Gerry, Roach, Fulcrum Publishing, ,
1. Colorado’s Summits – 13,000 to 13,999 feet
2. California Thirteeners: The Official Vulgarian Ramblers List
3. Alaska’s Summits 13,000 feet and above
4. Alaska 13,000-foot Peaks
5. Highest Alaskan Summits (Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve)
6. Wyoming’s Summits over 13,000 feet
7. Utah’s Summits over 13,000 feet
8. New Mexico’s Summits over 12,000 feet
9. Hawaii’s Summits over 13,000 feet
10. Nevada’s Summits over 13,000 feet
11. Washington’s Summits over 13,000 feet

External links

★ Peak Lists by Gerry Roach (Lists of thirteeners in several states)

★ 13ers.com - Home of Colorado's Thirteeners (Mountains Between 13,000 and 14,000 feet)

★ California Thirteeners: The Official Vulgarian Ramblers List

★ Peak Lists - Peakbagger.com (Lists of thirteeners in several states)

★ Peaklist.org (More prominence information for high-prominence peaks)