Thirteener

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::summary Mountain that exceeds 13,000 feet ::

Main article: Mountain peaks of the United States

In mountaineering in the United States, a thirteener (abbreviated 13er) is a mountain that exceeds 13000 ft above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners," which exceed 14000 ft. In most instances, "thirteeners" refers only to those peaks 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 large number of peaks, over 20 peak baggers have reported climbing all of Colorado's thirteeners. Thirteeners are also significant in states whose highpoints fall between 13,000 and 13,999 feet. For example, the Wyoming thirteeners are the highest peaks within the state, and only 5 individuals have reported climbing all 35 peaks, likely due to a combination of technical difficulty and remoteness. In 2019, Teresa Gergen became the first person to summit all 846 thirteeners outside of Alaska, an accomplishment that took her nearly two decades to complete.

Not all summits over 13,000 feet qualify as thirteeners, but only those summits that mountaineers consider 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 300 ft of prominence to qualify. According to the Mountaineering Club of Alaska, it is standard in Alaska to use a 500 ft prominence rule rather than a 300-foot rule. These are the standards applied for the lists below. 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.

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: ::data[format=table] | U.S. State | Thirteeners | Fourteeners | Highest 13er | Elevation | Colorado || 637 | California || 149 | Alaska || 41 | Wyoming || 35 | Utah || 17 | New Mexico || 3 | Hawaii || 2 | Nevada || 2 | Washington || 0 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 53 | Grizzly Peak | 13988 ft | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Mount Barnard | 13990 ft | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | Mount Hunter, South Peak | 13966 ft | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | Gannett Peak | 13804 ft | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | Kings Peak | 13528 ft | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | Wheeler Peak | 13161 ft | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | Mauna Kea | 13796 ft | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | Boundary Peak | 13140 ft | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | none | - | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Kitcarsonmtn.jpg" caption="The Crestone Group including
[[Columbia Point]], [[Colorado"] ::

Colorado

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Mount_silverheels.jpg" caption="[[Mount Silverheels]], [[Colorado"] ::

By the most detailed count, Colorado has 637 peaks that exceed 13000 ft and meet the prominence criteria, of which 53 are fourteeners. The highest of them less than 14,000 feet are as follows (the rank includes higher peaks): ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
54	Grizzly Peak	13988 ft	Sawatch Range
55	Stewart Peak	13983 ft	San Juan Mountains
56	Columbia Point	13980 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range
57	Pigeon Peak	13972 ft	San Juan Mountains
58	Mount Ouray	13971 ft	Sawatch Range
59	Ice Mountain	13951 ft	Sawatch Range
60	Fletcher Mountain	13951 ft	Tenmile Range
61	Pacific Peak	13950 ft	Tenmile Range
::

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: ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
130	Grizzly Peak	13738 ft	San Juan Mountains
142	Grizzly Mountain	13708 ft	Sawatch Range
145	Grizzly Peak	13700 ft	San Juan Mountains
302	Grizzly Peak	13427 ft	Front Range
415	Grizzly Peak	13281 ft	Sawatch Range
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Lizard_Head.jpg" caption="[[Lizard Head]], [[Colorado"] ::

Other notable Colorado thirteeners include: ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
66	Mount Adams	13931 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range
68	Mount Meeker	13911 ft	Front Range
82	Crystal Peak	13852 ft	Tenmile Range
89	Turret Peak	13835 ft	Needle Mountains
96	Mount Silverheels	13822 ft	Mosquito Range
131	Argentine Peak	13738 ft	Tenmile Range
253	North Arapaho Peak	13502 ft	Front Range
304	Mummy Mountain	13425 ft	Mummy Range
324	Parry Peak	13391 ft	Front Range
451	Hesperus Mountain	13232 ft	San Juan Mountains
515	Twilight Peak	13158 ft	San Juan Mountains
556	Lizard Head	13113 ft	San Juan Mountains
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Mount_Humphreys.jpg" caption="[[Mount Humphreys]], [[California"] ::

California

California has the second greatest number of thirteeners with 149 of them, of which 12 are fourteeners. The highest under 14,000 feet are as follows (the rank includes higher peaks): ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
13	Mount Barnard	13990 ft	Sierra Nevada
14	Mount Humphreys	13986 ft	Sierra Nevada
15	Mount Keith	13975 ft	Sierra Nevada
16	Mount Stanford	13973 ft	Sierra Nevada
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Mount_Darwin.jpg" caption="Mount Darwin]], [[California"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Mt_Tom_CA_from_US_395.jpg" caption="Mount Tom]], [[California"] ::

Other notable California thirteeners include: ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
19	Mount Le Conte	13930 ft	Sierra Nevada
21	Mount Agassiz	13893 ft	Sierra Nevada
23	Norman Clyde Peak	13861 ft	Sierra Nevada
26	Mount Darwin	13831 ft	Sierra Nevada
27	Mount Kaweah	13802 ft	Sierra Nevada
29	Mount Winchell	13775 ft	Sierra Nevada
30	Mount Morgan (Inyo County)	13748 ft	Sierra Nevada
33	Red Kaweah	13720 ft	Sierra Nevada
38	Black Kaweah	13680 ft	Sierra Nevada
39	Mount Tom	13652 ft	Sierra Nevada
46	Birch Mountain	13602 ft	Sierra Nevada
53	Palisade Crest	13553 ft	Sierra Nevada
69	Montgomery Peak	13441 ft	White Mountains
76	Kaweah Queen	13382 ft	Sierra Nevada
120	Red Slate Mountain	13163 ft	Sierra Nevada
122	Mount Ritter	13140 ft	Sierra Nevada
123	Mount Baxter	13140 ft	Sierra Nevada
126	Mount Lyell	13114 ft	Sierra Nevada
137	Mount Dana	13057 ft	Sierra Nevada
149	Mount Morgan (Mono County)	13001 ft	Sierra Nevada
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/MtBlackburn-AtnaPeaks-ParkaPeak.jpg" caption="[[Parka Peak]], [[Atna Peaks]], and [[Mount Blackburn]], [[Alaska"] ::

Alaska

Alaska has at least 41 thirteeners that 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, mainly because many of the peaks (especially those that are sub-peaks of a higher mountain) are unnamed and have no spot elevations given on the USGS topographical maps. Using a 300' interpolated prominence criterion, there are 61 13,000+ ft peaks in Alaska. The following list may miss a few peaks that should be included: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/MountJarvis.jpg" caption="[[Mount Jarvis]] (north and main peaks), [[Alaska"] ::

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Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
21	Mount Hunter, South Peak	13966 ft	Alaska Range
22	Atna Peaks	13860 ft	Wrangell Mountains
23	Regal Mountain	13845 ft	Wrangell Mountains
24	Mount Hayes	13832 ft	Alaska Range
25	Mount Cook	13760 ft	Saint Elias Mountains
26	Mount Sanford, South Peak	13654 ft	Wrangell Mountains
27	Mount Quincy Adams	13615 ft	Fairweather Range
28	Ocypete Peak	13550 ft	Saint Elias Mountains
29	East Kahiltna Peak	13440 ft	Alaska Range
30	Mount Natazhat	13435 ft	Saint Elias Mountains
31	Mount Jarvis	13421 ft	Wrangell Mountains
32	Mount Hunter, Middle Peak	13400 ft +	Alaska Range
33	Mount Bona, East Peak (Tressider Peak)	13315 ft	Saint Elias Mountains
34	Mount Hayes, South Peak	13305 ft	Alaska Range
35	Celeno Peak	13300 ft +	Saint Elias Mountains
36	Parka Peak	13280 ft	Wrangell Mountains
37	Mount Silverthrone	13220 ft	Alaska Range
38	Mount Marcus Baker	13176 ft	Chugach Mountains
39	Mount Jarvis, North Peak	13025 ft	Wrangell Mountains
40	Mount Moffit	13020 ft	Alaska Range
41	Mount Zanetti	13009 ft	Wrangell Mountains
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Gannet_Peak_with_Gannett_Glacier.jpg" caption="[[Gannett Peak]], [[Wyoming"] ::

Wyoming

Wyoming has 35 thirteeners with at least 300 ft of interpolated prominence, but no fourteeners. 31 of the 35 are located in the rugged and remote Wind River Range. Several of the Wyoming thirteeners require glacier travel and/or rock climbing up to the 5.4 YDS difficulty level to reach the summit, and most climbers spend multiple days backpacking to reach most of these peaks. The highest of them are: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Grand_Teton_in_Winter-NPS.jpg" caption="[[Grand Teton]], [[Wyoming"] ::

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Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
1	Gannett Peak	13804 ft	Wind River Range
2	Grand Teton	13770 ft	Teton Range
3	Fremont Peak	13745 ft	Wind River Range
4	Mount Warren	13722 ft	Wind River Range
5	Mount Helen	13620 ft	Wind River Range
6	Turret Peak	13620 ft	Wind River Range
7	Mount Sacagawea	13569 ft	Wind River Range
8	Jackson Peak	13517 ft	Wind River Range
9	Mount Woodrow Wilson	13502 ft	Wind River Range
10	Bastion Peak	13494 ft	Wind River Range
11	Mount Febbas	13468 ft	Wind River Range
12	Flagstone Peak	13450 ft	Wind River Range
13	Sunbeam Peak	13440 ft	Wind River Range
14	Pinnacle Ridge	13365 ft	Wind River Range
15	Downs Mountain	13349 ft	Wind River Range
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Francs_Peak.jpg" caption="[[Francs Peak]], [[Wyoming"] ::

Other notable Wyoming thirteeners include: ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
20	Wind River Peak	13192 ft	Wind River Range
23	Cloud Peak	13167 ft	Big Horn Mountains
26	Francs Peak	13153 ft	Absaroka Range
33	Black Tooth Mountain	13005 ft	Big Horn Mountains
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Kings_Peak_Close_Up.jpg" caption="Kings Peak]], [[Utah"] ::

Utah

Utah has 17 thirteeners with at least 300 ft of prominence, but no fourteeners. All of them are located in the remote Uinta Mountains near the Wyoming border. The highest of the thirteeners are: ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
1	Kings Peak	13528 ft	Uinta Mountains
2	South Kings Peak	13512 ft	Uinta Mountains
3	Gilbert Peak	13442 ft	Uinta Mountains
4	Mount Emmons	13440 ft	Uinta Mountains
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Wheeler_Peak_from_Phillips.jpg" caption="Wheeler Peak]], [[New Mexico"] ::

New Mexico

New Mexico has 3 thirteeners, all located within about 40 mi of each other in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
1	Wheeler Peak	13161 ft	Sangre de Cristo Mountains
2	Truchas Peak	13102 ft	Sangre de Cristo Mountains
3	North Truchas Peak	13024 ft	Sangre de Cristo Mountains
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Mauna_Kea10.jpg" caption="[[Mauna Kea]], [[Hawaii"] ::

Hawaii

Hawaii has two thirteeners, the great shield volcanoes which comprise the bulk of the Big Island of Hawaii. ::data[format=table]

Rank	Mountain	Elevation	Range
1	Mauna Kea	13796 ft	Island of Hawaii
2	Mauna Loa	13680 ft	Island of Hawaii
::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Boundary_Peak_Nevada_USA.jpg" caption="Boundary Peak]], [[Nevada"] ::

Nevada

Nevada has only a single thirteener that meets the threshold for inclusion, Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park with an impressive 7568 ft of prominence. However, the highest point in the state is Boundary Peak, which is a sub-peak of California's Montgomery Peak with only 240 ft of prominence. ::data[format=table]

Mountain	Elevation	Range
Boundary Peak	13140 ft	White Mountains
Wheeler Peak	13065 ft	Snake Range
::

Washington

Mount Rainier is the only mountain in Washington state that exceeds 13000 ft, and it has two summits that meet the prominence criteria, both of which are included on the list of fourteeners.

References

References

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