Mountaineering

photo by Crazy Girl

photo by Thomas Rutishauser


The bizarre trend in mountaineers is not the risk they take, but the large degree to which they value life. They are not crazy because they don't dare, they're crazy because they do. These people tend to enjoy life to the fullest, laugh the hardest, travel the most, and work the least. — Lisa Morgan.

Here are the bulk of the mountains that I have summitted. Not shown are number of substantial peaks that I have attempted but had to turn back on, or a number that I haven't bothered to add because they are all less than 2,000 meters / 6,560 feet and were class 1 to 3 hikes. Sometime in the future I plan on making this a dynamic page with searching and filtering. Until then this table will have to do.

I have only listed individual mountains once regardless of how many times I have summitted. There is not necessarily any rhyme or reason to which one of multiple ascents I have listed here.

Name	Elevation	Elevation (m)	Route	State / Provence / Department	Country	Notes
Chimborazo Veintemilla Summit	20,521	6,256	El Castillo (std)	Chimborazo	Ecuador
Cotopaxi	19,342	5,897	Standard	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	2nd highest in Ecuador; active volcano
El Pico de Orizaba	18,855	5,748	Espolon de Oro	Puebla	Mexico	3rd highest in North America, Highest in Mexico
Iztaccihuatl	17,342	5,287	Arista del Sol	Puebla	Mexico	7th highest in North America, 3rd highest in Mexico
Iliniza Sur	17,213	5,248	Ruta Normal	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	6th highest in Ecuador
Iliniza Norte	16,813	5,126	Ruta Normal	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	8th highest in Ecuador
El Corazon	15,705	4,788	Filo una hora	Pichincha	Ecuador
Pico Espejo	15,629	4,765	La Travesia	Merida	Venezuela
Rumiñahui	15,492	4,722	Ruta Normal	Cotopaxi	Ecuador
Nevado de Toluca	15,390	4,691	East Ridge (std)	Mexico	Mexico
Guagua Pichincha	15,334	4,675	Pichincha Traverse	Pichincha	Ecuador	Active volcano
Pan de Azucar	15,284	4,660	Sendero Pan de Azucar	Merida	Venezuela
Rucu Pichincha	15,176	4,627	Direct ridge from Las Antenas	Pichincha	Ecuador	Active volcano
Imbabura	15,118	4,609	Ruta Normal	Otavalo	Ecuador
Atacazo	14,638	4,463	North	Pichincha	Ecuador
Mount Whitney	14,494	4,419	JMT/Mt. Whitney Trail	California	USA	Highest in the contiguous US; Highest in CA
Mount Elbert	14,440	4,402	Mt. Elbert Trail	Colorado	USA	2nd highest in the 48 States, Highest in Colorado
Mount Massive	14,421	4,397	Ridge traverse from N. Massive	Colorado	USA	3rd highest in the 48 States, 2nd highest in Colorado
Mount Harvard	14,420	4,396	South Slopes	Colorado	USA	4th highest in the 48 States, 3rd highest in CO; combo with Columbia
Uncompahgre Peak	14,309	4,363	East Slopes/Uncompahgre Peak Trail	Colorado	USA	7th highest in CO
Crestone Peak	14,294	4,358	Red Couloir (South Face)	Colorado	USA	8th highest in CO
Mount Lincoln	14,286	4,355	West Ridge	Colorado	USA	8th highest in CO
Grays Peak	14,270	4,351	South Slopes	Colorado	USA	9th highest in CO
Mount Antero	14,269	4,350	Baldwin Gulch 4x4 road to West Slopes	Colorado	USA	11th highest in CO
Torreys Peak	14,267	4,350	East Slopes	Colorado	USA	11th highest in CO
Castle Peak	14,265	4,349	North Face Couloir	Colorado	USA	12th highest in CO
Quandary Peak	14,265	4,349	East Slopes	Colorado	USA	13th highest in CO
Mount Evans	14,264	4,349	Summit Ridge	Colorado	USA	14th highest in CO
Longs Peak	14,255	4,346	Clarks Arrow Traverse (4th class var)	Colorado	USA	15th highest in CO
Mount Shavano	14,229	4,338	Mt. Shavano Trail & Angel Snowfield	Colorado	USA	18th highest in CO
Mount Yale	14,202	4,330	SW Slopes/Ridge	Colorado	USA	22nd highest in CO
Crestone Needle	14,197	4,328	South Face	Colorado	USA	20th highest in CO
Mount Belford	14,197	4,328	Elkhead Pass	Colorado	USA	19th highest in CO
Mount Princeton	14,197	4,328	East Slopes	Colorado	USA	21st highest in CO
Mount Bross	14,172	4,321	Decalibron	Colorado	USA	22nd highest in CO
Kit Carson Peak	14,165	4,319	East Ridge	Colorado	USA	24th highest in CO
Mount Shasta	14,162	4,318	West Face	California	USA	2nd highest Cascade volcano, 6th highest in CA
Tabeguache Peak	14,155	4,316	Browns Lake 4x4 road to West Ridge	Colorado	USA	26th highest in CO
Mound Oxford	14,153	4,315	West Ridge	Colorado	USA	27th highest in CO
Mount Sneffels	14,150	4,314	SW Ridge	Colorado	USA	28th highest in CO; naked chics
Mount Democrat	14,148	4,313	East Ridge	Colorado	USA	29th highest in CO
Capitol Peak	14,130	4,308	Knife Ridge	Colorado	USA	30th highest in CO
Pikes Peak	14,110	4,302	Northwest Slopes from Crags Campground	Colorado	USA	31st highest in CO
Snowmass Mountain	14,092	4,296	East Slopes	Colorado	USA	32nd highest in CO
Mount Columbia	14,073	4,291	Frenchman Creek Drainage from Harvard	Colorado	USA	36th highest in CO; combo with Harvard
Missouri Mountain	14,067	4,289	Northwest Ridge	Colorado	USA	37th highest in CO
Humboldt	14,064	4,288	West Ridge	Colorado	USA	38th highest in CO
Mount Bierstadt	14,060	4,287	West Slopes	Colorado	USA	39th highest in CO (+/- a couple weeks)
Handies Peak	14,048	4,283	West Slopes	Colorado	USA	41st highest in CO
Mount Lindsey	14,042	4,281	NW Ridge	Colorado	USA	44th highest in CO
Mount Sherman	14,036	4,279	Fourmile Creek	Colorado	USA	46th highest in CO
Redcloud Peak	14,034	4,279	Northeast Ridge	Colorado	USA	47th highest in CO
Pyramid Peak	14,018	4,273	Green Couloir	Colorado	USA	?? highest in CO
Mount Muir	14,015	4,273	Mt. Whitney Trail	California	USA	14th highest in CA
Wetterhorn Peak	14,015	4,273	SE Ridge	Colorado	USA	50th highest in CO; done with Matterhorn
San Luis Peak	14,014	4,273	South Ridge from West Willow Creek 4x4 TH	Colorado	USA	51st highest in CO
Huron Peak	14,003	4,269	Huron Peak Trail/Winfield direct	Colorado	USA	53rd highest in CO
Sunshine Peak	14,001	4,269	South Ridge (Handies Saddle)	Colorado	USA	54th highest in CO, Lowest 14er in the 48 States
Mojanda (Fuya Fuya)	13,986	4,264	Normal route	Otavalo	Ecuador
Mount Meeker	13,911	4,241	Loft & Keyhole	Colorado	USA	68th highest in CO
Mount Spalding	13,842	4,220	Summit Ridge	Colorado	USA	Unranked
Point 13829	13,828	4,216	SE Ridge	Colorado	USA	96th highest in CO
Square Top Mountain	13,794	4,205	North East Ridge/SE Ridge	Colorado	USA	111th Highest in CO
Pasochoa	13,773	4,199	Standard	Pichincha	Ecuador
West Spanish Peak	13,626	4,154	West Peak Trail	Colorado	USA
Matterhorn Peak	13,590	4,143	South Slopes	Colorado	USA
Rosalie Peak	13,575	4,139	East Slopes	Colorado	USA	207th highest in CO
James Peak	13,294	4,053	East Ridge	Colorado	USA	405th highest in CO
Boundary Peak	13,140	4,006	Canyon Trail	Nevada	USA	Highest in NV
Unnamed	12,277	3,743	St. Vrain Glacier Trail to north slope	Colorado	USA	(+/- a couple weeks)
Mount Adams	12,276	3,743	South Climb Trail	Washington	USA
Signal Mountain	11,262	3,434	Signal Mountain Trail	Colorado	USA	(+/- a couple weeks)
Estes Cone	11,006	3,355	Std from ranger station	Colorado	USA
San Jacinto	10,804	3,294	Round Valley	California	USA
Lassen Peak	10,453	3,187	Lassen Peak Trail with class 3 summit variation	California	USA
Volcan Paricutin	10,397	3,170	Boca de Lava Sur	Michoacan	Mexico	Created in 1943!
Zugspitze	9,717	2,963	Via Ferrata	Bavaria	Germany	Highest in Germany
Mount Thielson	9,182	2,799	West Ridge	Oregon	USA
Half Dome	8,842	2,696	Cables Route	California	USA
Guadalupe Peak	8,749	2,667	Guadalupe Peak Trail	Texas	USA	Highest in TX
Cerro de la Estrella	8,570	2,613		Mexico DF	Mexico	Aztec temple on top!
Mount Saint Helens	8,365	2,550	Monitor Ridge	Washington	USA
Mount Morrison	7,881	2,403	East Ridge	Colorado	USA
Goat Mountain	7,797	2,377		Colorado	USA
Carpenter Peak	7,166	2,185	Carpenter Peak Trail	Colorado	USA
Mount Mitchell	6,684	2,038	MST westbound	North Carolina	USA	Highest in NC, Highest east of the Mississippi River
Clingman's Dome	6,643	2,025	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA	Highest in TN, Highest point of AT
North Table Mountain	6,551	1,997	Golden Cliffs Trail with class 4 variation through cliffs	Colorado	USA
Blackstock Knob	6,325	1,928	MST westbound	North Carolina	USA
Mount Washington	6,288	1,917	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA	Highest in NH
Mount Collins	6,188	1,887	AT southbound / MST westbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Roan High Bluff	6,150	1,875	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Hump Mountain	5,587	1,703	AT northbound	Tennessee	USA
Thunderhead	5,527	1,685	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Big Bald	5,516	1,682	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Little Hump Mountain	5,459	1,664	AT northbound	Tennessee	USA
Rocky Top	5,441	1,659	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Mount Madison	5,363	1,635	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Ettaler Manndl	5,357	1,633	Via Ferrata	Bavaria	Germany
Wayah Bald	5,342	1,629	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Mount Katahdin	5,267	1,606	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Albert Mountain	5,250	1,601	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Mount Lafayette	5,249	1,600	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Unaka Mountain	5,180	1,579	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Mount Lincoln	5,089	1,552	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Whitetop Mountain	5,080	1,549	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Cheoah Bald	5,062	1,543	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Mount Franklin	5,004	1,526	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
South Twin	4,902	1,495	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Carter Dome	4,832	1,473	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Mount Moosilauke	4,802	1,464	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Mount Monroe	4,761	1,452	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Little Haystack	4,760	1,451	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Big Butt	4,750	1,448	AT northbound		USA
Bluff Mountain	4,686	1,429	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Mount Hight	4,675	1,425	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Siler Bald	4,670	1,424	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Max Patch	4,629	1,411	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Wesser Bald	4,627	1,411	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Carter Mountain	4,610	1,405	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Mount Guyot	4,560	1,390	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Mount Garfield	4,488	1,368	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Blood Mountain	4,461	1,360	AT northbound	Georgia	USA	Highest point of AT in GA
Little Bald Knob	4,459	1,359	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Beauty Spot	4,437	1,353	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Tray Mountain	4,430	1,351	AT northbound	Georgia	USA
Ben Nevis	4,409	1,344	Carn Mor Dearg	Scotland	UK	Highest in UK
Mt Mansfield	4,395	1,339	LT northbound	Vermont	USA	Highest in VT
Wildcat Mountain	4,380	1,335	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
South Kinsman Mountain	4,358	1,329	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Mount Pierce	4,310	1,314	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Snowbird Mountain	4,263	1,300	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA
Kelly Knob	4,250	1,296	AT northbound	Georgia	USA
Sugarloaf Mountain	4,237	1,292	AT northbound		USA
Killington Peak	4,235	1,291	AT northbound	Vermont	USA
Apple Orchard Mountain	4,225	1,288	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
White Rocks Mountain	4,206	1,282	AT northbound	Tennessee	USA
Crocker Mountain	4,160	1,268	AT northbound		USA
Bigelow Mountain	4,150	1,265	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Saddleback Mountain	4,120	1,256	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Table Rock	4,100	1,250	MST westbound	North Carolina	USA
Camel's Hump	4,083	1,244	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mt Ellen	4,083	1,244	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
The Priest	4,063	1,239	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Mount Jackson	4,052	1,235	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Mount Moriah	4,049	1,234	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Cold Mountain	4,010	1,223	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Mt Abraham	4,006	1,221	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Carn Mor Dearg	3,937	1,200		Scotland	UK
Stratton Mountain	3,936	1,200	AT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mount Webster	3,910	1,192	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Jay Peak	3,861	1,177	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Bread Loaf Mtn	3,835	1,169	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Goose Eye Mountain	3,794	1,157	AT northbound		USA	3-4 or even 5th class friction climb
Springer Mountain	3,782	1,153	AT approach trail	Georgia	USA
Glastonbury Mountain	3,748	1,143	AT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mt Wilson	3,745	1,141	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Bolton Mtn	3,725	1,135	LT northbound	Vermont	USA	3rd class friction slabbing
Whiteface Mountain	3,715	1,132	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mt Ethan Allen	3,680	1,122	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Madonna Peak	3,668	1,118	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
General Stark Mtn	3,662	1,116	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Baldpate Mountain	3,660	1,116	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Whitecap Mountain	3,644	1,111	AT northbound		USA
Mt Grant	3,623	1,104	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mount Success	3,565	1,087	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Mt Roosevelt	3,528	1,075	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Peters Mountain	3,500	1,067	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Straight Mountain	3,500	1,067	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Mount Greylock	3,491	1,064	AT northbound	Massachusetts	USA	Highest in MA
Morse Mtn	3,486	1,063	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Battell Mtn	3,482	1,061	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mt Cleveland	3,482	1,061	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Peru Peak	3,429	1,045	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Styles Peak	3,394	1,035	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Frost Mountain	3,384	1,032	AT approach trail	Georgia	USA
Doll Peak	3,380	1,030	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Bluff Mountain	3,370	1,027	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Gillespie Peak	3,366	1,026	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mt Boyce	3,323	1,013	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Cape Lookoff Mountain	3,320	1,012	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Bromley Mountain	3,260	994	AT northbound	Vermont	USA
Smarts Mountain	3,240	988	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Worth Mountain	3,234	986	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mt Horrid	3,216	980	LT northbound	Vermont	USA	3rd class friction slabbing
Burnt Rock Mtn	3,168	966	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mt. Mayo	3,160	963	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Nelson Rocks	3,050	929	Via Ferrata	West Virginia	USA
Calf Mountain	2,975	907	AT northbound		USA
Molly Stark Mtn	2,960	903	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Buchanan Mtn	2,940	896	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Beamis Mountain	2,923	891	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Brushy Mountain	2,920	890	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Mount Cube	2,911	888	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Bear Den Mountain	2,890	881	AT northbound	Virginia	USA
Domey's Dome	2,880	878	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Baker Peak	2,850	869	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Butternut Mtn	2,715	828	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Carleton Mtn	2,670	814	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Barren Mountain	2,660	811	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Moxie Bald	2,630	802	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Laraway Mountain	2,620	799	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Mount Everett	2,602	793	AT northbound		USA
Burnt Mtn	2,570	783	LT northbound	Vermont	USA
Pleasant Pond Mountain	2,480	756	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Mount Everett	2,430	741	AT northbound	Massachusetts	USA
Seneca Rocks	2,400	732	Old Ladie's Route	West Virginia	USA
Fourth Mountain	2,383	727	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Bear Mountain	2,316	706	AT northbound	Connecticut	USA
Stone Mountain	2,304	702	U Slot, Great Arch	North Carolina	USA	Led Great Arch p1,2,3
Moose Mountain	2,293	699	AT northbound	New Hampshire	USA
Nesuntabunt Mountain	1,530	466	AT northbound	Maine	USA
Bear Mountain	1,305	398	AT northbound	New York	USA
Arthurs Seat	823	251		Scotland	UK
El Totumo (Mud Volcano)	98	30	Via Madera		Colombia	Highest mud volcano in Colombia
Little Bald		0	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Shuckstack		0	AT northbound	North Carolina-Tennessee	USA
Swim Bald		0	AT northbound	North Carolina	USA

Definitions
Solo climber: One climber falling. Alpine style: Lots of climbers falling, tied together. Bouldering: One climber falling and missing a thick mat. Trad: One climber falling on another climber.

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