The North America 100 Finest Mountains ranked by primary factor.

The list below identifies and ranks the 100 North American mountains with the largest prominence or primary factor. A vertical ascent on foot of at least 600 meter should be honored in order to qualify as a legitimate climb, many peaks will require more.

The primary factor of a mountain is the minimal vertical drop from its summit before one can ascend a higher peak. In terms of map contours, this vertical drop is defined by the first contour that encircles a higher peak and the preceeding (higher) contour line which has the peak in question as the highest point inside its closed curve. Between these two contour lines lies the (usually unique) defining saddle of the mountain.

North America is defined to extend to the point where it would first separate from South America if the sea level increased. We do not consider the man made Panama canal. This saddle is located in Nicaragua.

There are 4 island peaks among the top 50, and 10 island peaks among the top 100.

This list is based on data compiled by Mike Cleven, Andy Martin, Aaron Maizlish, Edward Earl and several others. More information can be found here.

Confirmed or suspected corrections are most welcome by email to: petter@ii.uib.no
Copyright 2000-2008, Petter Bjørstad.
I appreciate that use of these data is acknowledged including a link to my main mountain page.

Two stars behind the rank means that I have climbed it (18/50, 21/100), (24/114).

Rank	Height	Name	Primary factor	Country
1**	6194	Denali	6138	Alaska, USA
2**	5959	Mount Logan	5250	Yukon,Canada
3**	5611	Citlaltepetl	4901	Mexico
4	4671	Mount Fairweather	4453	Alaska/BC, USA/Canada
5**	4392	Mount Rainier	4033	Washington, USA
6	4220	Tajumulco	3980	Guetemala
7**	3820	Cerro Chirripo	3727	Costa Rica
8**	4996	Mount Blackburn	3548	Alaska, USA
9	4216	Mount Hayes	3501	Alaska, USA
10	5489	Mount Saint Elias	3429	Canada
11	4019	Mount Waddington	3289	BC, Canada
12	4016	Mount Marcus-Baker	3277	Alaska, USA
13**	3098	Pico Duarte	3098	Island, Dominican Republic
14**	5426	Popocatepetl	3056	Mexico
15**	4421	Mount Whitney	3072	California, USA
16	5226	Mount Lucania	3046	Canada
****	****	End 3000 meter	****	**
17**	4317	Mount Shasta	2979	California, USA
18	3555	Mount Monarch	2930	BC, Canada
19	2869	Shishaldin	2869	Island, Unimak, Aleutian, Alaska, USA
20	3959	Mount Robson	2829	BC, Canada
21	3108	Mount Redoubt	2788	Alaska, USA
22**	4401	Mount Elbert	2772	Colorado, USA
23	3516	Sir Wilfrid Laurier	2728	BC, Canada
24	4270	Nevado de Colima	2720	Mexico
25	4812	Mount Vancouver	2712	Yukon, Canada
26	3519	Sir Sandford	2707	BC, Canada
27**	3286	Mount Baker	2707	Washington, USA
28	2680	Chaine de la Selle	2655	Island, Haiti
29	3479	Mount Torbert	2648	Alaska, USA
30	2616	Barbeau Peak	2616	Ellesmere, Canada
31**	3304	San Jacinto Peak	2542	California, USA
32**	3506	San Gorgonio	2527	California, USA
33**	3633	Charleston Peak	2517	Nevada, USA
34	2515	Pavlof	2507	Alaska, USA
35	2507	Mount Veniaminof	2499	Alaska, USA
36**	3742	Mount Adams	2474	Washington, USA
37	2968	Skihist Mountain	2463	BC, Canada
38	4557	Mount Hubbard	2457	Alaska, USA / Canada
39	3090	Mount Ratz	2430	BC, Canada
40	2749	Mount Chamberlin	2429	Alaska, USA
41	2970	Mount Odin	2408	BC, Canada
42	3274	Mount Monashee	2404	BC, Canada
43	3053	Iliamna	2398	Alaska, USA
44**	2429	Mount Olympus	2386	Washington, USA
45	3741	Columbia	2383	BC, Canada
46	3298	Queen Bess	2355	BC, Canada
47	4194	Mount Cook	2350	Alaska, USA / Canada
48**	3426	Mount Hood	2347	Oregon, USA
49	4949	Mount Sanford	2343	Alaska, USA
50	3417	Mount Tom White	2335	Alaska, USA
****	****	North America 50 Finest	****	**
51	3094	Mount Cooper	2319	BC, Canada
52**	3982	Wheeler Peak	2307	Nevada, USA
53	3024	Mount Ulysses	2289	BC, Canada
54**	3213	Glacier Peak	2285	Washington, USA
****	****	North America 50 Finest, excluding islands	****	**
55	3155	Mount Kimball	2263	Alaska, USA
56	2256	Blue Moutain Peak	2256	Island, Jamaica
57	2892	Mount Wedge	2249	BC, Canada
58	2692	Otter Mountain	2242	BC, Canada
59	4690	Nevado de Toluca	2225	Mexico
60	2332	Mount Griggs	2225	Alaska, USA
61	2290	Peak 04-57	2225	BC, Canada
62	5304	Mount Foraker	2210	Alaska, USA
63	2210	Outlook Peak	2210	Axel Heiberg, Canada
64	2195	Golden Hinde	2195	Island, BC, Canada
65**	4344	White Mountain Peak	2193	California, USA
66	3879	Mount Crillon	2187	Alaska, USA
67	3550	Cerro Tiotepec	2180	Mexico
68	2972	Keele Peak	2177	Yukon, Canada
69	2987	Shud Peak	2172	BC, Canada
70	4209	Gannett Peak	2158	Wyoming, USA
71	3183	Razorback Mountain	2153	BC, Canada
72	4013	Cloud Peak	2157	Wyoming, USA
73	2147	Mount Odin	2147	Baffin, Canada
74	3710	Cerro el Nacimiento	2140	Mexico
75	2996	Mount Hesperus	2127	Alaska, USA
76	3493	Mount Farnham	2123	BC, Canada
77	3100	Cerro Picacho del Diablo	2120	Baja California, Mexico
78	5045	Mount Bona	2104	Alaska, USA
79	2103	Mount Vsevidof	2103	Alaska, USA
80	2336	Mount Oscar	2099	BC, Canada
81	2347	Pic Macaya	2097	Island, Haiti
82	2744	Montana de Santa Barbara	2094	Honduras
83	3616	Assiniboine	2086	BC, Canada
84	2849	Montana de Celaque	2079	Honduras
85	2729	Mount Jancowski	2079	BC, Canada
86	3661	Mount Drum	2061	Alaska, USA
87	2830	Mount Gladsheim	2056	BC, Canada
88	3377	Mount Dawson	2045	BC, Canada
89	2347	Ellesmere Peak	2044	Ellesmere, Canada
90	2111	Mount Chiginagak	2035	Alaska, USA
91	2219	Mount Valpy	2014	BC, Canada
92	3363	Mount Edith Cavell	2007	BC, Canada
93	2005	Pico Turquino	2005	Island, Cuba
94	2716	Alsek Peak	2001	Yukon, Canada
****	****	End 2000 meter	****	**
95	4199	Grand Teton	1996	Wyoming, USA
96	3402	Volcan de Agua	1991	Guatemala
97	2810	Mount Cairnes	1990	Yukon, Canada
98	2365	Chatsquot Mountain	1981	BC, Canada
99	2721	Buckwell Peak	1971	BC, Canada
100	2880	Cerro las Conchas	1960	Mexico
****	****	North America 100 Finest	****	**
101	1951	Angilaaq Mountain	1951	Bylot island, Canada
102	2999	Sacajawea Peak	1949	Oregon, USA
103	2873	HP Neacola Mountains	1943	Alaska, USA
104	4420	Malinche	1940	Mexico
105**	4123	Kings Peak	1938	Utah, USA
106	2359	Mount Priestley	1938	BC, Canada
107**	3269	Mount Graham	1932	Arizona, USA
108	2080	HP Sierra la Laguna	1920	Mexico
109	1920	HP Devon Icecap	1920	Devon island, Canada
110	2304	Sharks Teeth Peaks	1914	BC, Canada
111	2739	Kichatna Spire	1908	Alaska, USA
112	2550	Detour Peak	1906	BC, Canada
****	****	North America 100 Finest Excluding Islands	****	**
113**	3068	Mount San Antonio	1903	California, USA
114	2464	Point 8084	1900	Alaska, USA
****	****	North America, at least 1900 meter prominence	****	**

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