This article is about mountains. For the concept in poetry, see Fourteener (poetry).

In mountaineering in the United States, a fourteener is a mountain that exceeds 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above mean sea level. (This term is not usually significant outside the U.S.)

The importance of fourteeners is greatest in Colorado, which has the majority of such peaks in North America. Climbing all of Colorado's fourteeners is a popular pastime among peak baggers. Many people also try to climb all of the fourteeners in the United States.

Not all summits over 14,000 feet qualify as fourteeners: 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 fourteener lists do not always consistently use such objective rules. Also, there is some debate as to whether or not peaks in excess of 14,999 feet should be referred to as "fourteeners"; this article will refer to them as such.

A rule commonly used by mountaineers in the contiguous United States is that a peak must have at least 300 feet (91.4 m) of prominence to qualify. By this rule, Colorado has 53 (plus or minus 1) fourteeners, California has 12, and Washington has 2. However, the subsidiary summit of Liberty Cap in Washington, at 14,112 feet and 492 feet of prominence, is often not counted as a fourteener despite meeting the prominence criteria.

According to Steven Gruhn, president of the Mountaineering Club of Alaska, it is standard in Alaska to use a 500 foot prominence rule rather than a 300 foot rule. By this rule, Alaska has at least 18 peaks over 14,000 feet and its ten highest peaks exceed 15,000 feet (4,572 m).

For comparison, Canada has 15 fourteeners, and Mexico has 8; however the importance of the arbitrary 14,000 foot mark is minimal in those countries. There is even less attention paid to fourteeners elsewhere, such as in the Andes or Himalaya.

In Europe, it is very common to attempt to climb all of the independent 4,000 meter peaks in the Alps; that pastime roughly corresponds to fourteener-bagging in the U.S., although the European peaks are more technical climbs in general.

List of United States fourteeners

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The following list ranks the fourteeners which satisfy the 300 foot prominence rule (for Colorado, California, and Washington) or the 500 foot rule (for Alaska). Note that even with a specified rule, there are a few ambiguous borderline cases, due to the unavoidable imprecision of surveys; the prominence range for these peaks is noted.

1. Mount McKinley, Alaska, 20320
2. Mount McKinley North Peak, Alaska, 19470
3. Mount Saint Elias, Alaska, 18008
4. Mount Foraker, Alaska, 17400
5. Mount Bona, Alaska, 16550
6. Mount Blackburn, Alaska, 16390
7. Mount Blackburn (east summit, interpolated prominence of 536'), Alaska, 16286
8. Mount Sanford, Alaska, 16237
9. Good Neighbor Peak, Alaska, 15979
10. Mount Churchill, Alaska, 15638
11. Mount Fairweather, Alaska, 15300
12. Mount Hubbard, Alaska, 14950
13. Mount Bear, Alaska, 14831
14. Mount Hunter, Alaska, 14573
15. Mount Whitney, California, 14505
16. Mount Alverstone, Alaska, 14500
17. University Peak, Alaska, 14470
18. Aello Peak, Alaska, 14445
19. Mount Elbert, Colorado, 14433
20. Mount Massive, Colorado, 14421
21. Mount Harvard, Colorado, 14420
22. Mount Rainier, Washington, 14410
23. Mount Williamson, California, 14375
24. La Plata Peak, Colorado, 14361
25. Blanca Peak, Colorado, 14345
26. Uncompahgre Peak, Colorado, 14309
27. Crestone Peak, Colorado, 14294
28. Mount Lincoln, Colorado, 14286
29. Grays Peak, Colorado, 14270
30. Mount Antero, Colorado, 14269
31. Torreys Peak, Colorado, 14267
32. Castle Peak, Colorado, 14265
33. Quandary Peak, Colorado, 14265
34. Mount Evans, Colorado, 14264
35. Longs Peak, Colorado, 14255
36. Mount Wilson, Colorado, 14246
37. White Mountain Peak, California, 14246
38. North Palisade, California, 14242
39. Mount Shavano, Colorado, 14229
40. Crestone Needle, Colorado, 14197
41. Mount Belford, Colorado, 14197
42. Mount Princeton, Colorado, 14197
43. Mount Yale, Colorado, 14196
44. Mount Bross, Colorado, 14172 (Prominence = 292-332 feet)
45. Kit Carson Mountain, Colorado, 14165
46. Mount Wrangell, Alaska, 14163
47. Mount Shasta, California, 14162
48. Mount Sill, California, 14162
49. Maroon Peak, Colorado, 14156
50. Tabeguache Peak, Colorado, 14155
51. Mount Oxford, Colorado, 14153
52. Mount Sneffels, Colorado, 14150
53. Mount Democrat, Colorado, 14148
54. Capitol Peak, Colorado, 14130
55. Liberty Cap, Washington, 14112.
56. Pikes Peak, Colorado, 14110
57. Snowmass Mountain, Colorado, 14092
58. Mount Russell, California, 14086
59. Mount Eolus, Colorado, 14083
60. Windom Peak, Colorado, 14082
61. Challenger Point, Colorado, 14080 (Prominence = 280-320 feet)
62. Mount Columbia, Colorado, 14073
63. Mount Augusta, Alaska, 14070
64. Missouri Mountain, Colorado, 14067
65. Humboldt Peak, Colorado, 14064
66. Mount Bierstadt, Colorado, 14060
67. Sunlight Peak, Colorado, 14059
68. Split Mountain, California, 14058
69. Handies Peak, Colorado, 14048
70. Culebra Peak, Colorado, 14047
71. Ellingwood Point, Colorado, 14042
72. Mount Lindsey, Colorado, 14042
73. Middle Palisade, California, 14040
74. Little Bear Peak, Colorado, 14037
75. Mount Sherman, Colorado, 14036
76. Redcloud Peak, Colorado, 14034
77. Mount Langley, California, 14028
78. Pyramid Peak, Colorado, 14018
79. Mount Tyndall, California, 14018
80. Wilson Peak, Colorado, 14017
81. Wetterhorn Peak, Colorado, 14015
82. Mount Muir, California, 14015
83. San Luis Peak, Colorado, 14014
84. Huron Peak, Colorado, 14005
85. Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado, 14005
86. Sunshine Peak, Colorado, 14001

The following are peaks that are sometimes considered fourteeners but do not meet the criteria for the above list:

• Mount Cameron, Colorado, 14238. Prominence = 118 feet.
• El Diente Peak, Colorado, 14159. Prominence = 239 feet. On many fourteener lists.
• Point Success, Washington, 14158. Prominence = 118 feet.
• Polemonium Peak, California, 14080+. Prominence = 160-240 feet.
• Starlight Peak, California, 14080. Prominence = 80-160 feet.
• North Conundrum Peak, Colorado, 14040+. Prominence = 200-280 feet.
• North Eolus, Colorado, 14039. Prominence = 159-199 feet.
• North Maroon Peak, Colorado, 14014. Prominence = 234 feet. On many fourteener lists.
• Thunderbolt Peak, California, 14003. Prominence = 223 feet.

(Also see Mount McKinley for subpeaks of that peak which sometimes appear on fourteener lists, but are not considered climbing objectives in their own right.)

External links

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• Information on the fourteeners in Colorado
• Colorado's Highest Peaks
• List of fourteeners in all US states
• Lists of fourteeners and additional background information
• Fourteener list on peakbagger.com with prominence information
• peaklist.org (More prominence information for high-prominence peaks)

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