There are 13 ranked (primary factor of 91 meter (300 feet)) summits in the contiguous (lower) 48
states of the USA (excluding Colorado)
exceeding 14.000 feet (or 4267 meter). Mount Muir may possiby fall short of this criteria, but this
seems quite unlikely.
I also list some notable peaks that do not
satisfy this criteria with a "NR" in the rank column. In particular, what is often considered
the "15 fourteeners of California" are listed.
(See for
a very complete list from California.
A "real" mountain (in the continental USA) is defined to have a minimal drop (before
one can ascend something higher) of at least 300 feet, or about 91 meter.
This is
quite in agreement with the frequent use of 100 meter for mountains elsewhere.
This list uses a 200 meter primary factor for mountains in Mexico, Canada and Alaska, note
also the unranked summit on Denali which does have a primary factor exceeding 300 meter.
(So in effect, the natural primary factor to use seem to depend a bit on the absolute
size of the mountains in question.)
There are un-named peaks in Alaska that have not made it to this list yet.
Two stars behind the rank means that I have climbed it.
| Rank | Name | Height | Primary factor | Difficulty | Location |
| 1 | Denali | 6194 | 6144 | PD | Alaska |
| NR | North Peak of Denali | 5934 | >300 | na | Alaska |
| 2 | Mount Logan | 5944 | >200 | PD | Canada |
| 3** | Citlaltepetl | 5611 | > 1000 | PD | Mexico |
| 4 | Mount St. Elias | 5489 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 5** | Popocatepetl | 5465 | > 1000 | PD (erupting!) | Mexico |
| 6 | Foraker | 5304 | >200 | na | Alaska |
| 7 | Ixaccihuatl | 5230 | >200 | na | Mexico |
| 8 | Mount Lucania | 5226 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 9 | King Peak | 5173 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 10 | Mount Steele | 5073 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 11 | Mount Bona | 5005 | >200 | F | Alaska |
| 12 | Mount Blackburn | 4996 | >200 | na | Alaska |
| 13 | Mount Sanford | 4949 | >200 | F | Alaska |
| 14 | Mount Wood | 4842 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 15 | Mount Vancouver | 4812 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 16 | Mount Slaggard | 4742 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 17 | Mount Churchill | 4766 | >200 | na | Alaska |
| 18 | Nevado de Toluca | 4690 | >200 | F/class 1+ | Mexico |
| 19 | Mount Macaulay | 4690 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 20 | Mount Fairweather | 4663 | >200 | na | Alaska/Canada |
| 21 | Sierra Negra | 4590 | >200 | F/class 1+ | Mexico |
| 22 | Mount Hubbard | 4577 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 23 | Mount Bear | 4520 | >200 | F | Canada |
| 24 | Mount Walsh | 4507 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 25 | Mount Hunter | 4442 | >200 | na | Alaska |
| 26 | Mount Alverstone | 4439 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 27 | La Malinche | 4430 | >200 | F/class 1+ | Mexico |
| 28** | Mount Whitney | 4417 | >1000 | class 1 | California |
| 29 | University Peak | 4410 | >200 | na | Alaska |
| 30 | Aello Peak | 4403 | >200 | na | Alaska |
| 31** | Mount Rainier | 4392 | 4037 | PD | Washington |
| 32 | McArthur Peak | 4389 | >200 | na | Canada |
| 33 | Mount Williamson | 4381 | 511 | class 2 | California |
| 34 | White Mountain | 4345 | 2196 | class 1 | California |
| 35 | North Palisade | 4341 | 882 | class 4 | California |
| NR | Starlight Peak | 4328 | 36 | class 4, summit 5.4 | California |
| 36 | Mount Wrangell | 4317 | >200 | na | Alaska |
| 37** | Mount Shasta | 4317 | >1000 | class 2+ | California |
| 38 | Mount Sill | 4314 | 114 | class 3 | California |
| NR | Polemonium Peak | 4298 | 61 | class 4 | California |
| 39 | Mount Russell | 4294 | 344 | class 3 | California |
| 40 | Mount Augusta | 4289 | >200 | na | Alaska/Canada |
| 41 | Split Mountain | 4285 | 475 | class 1 | California |
| 42 | Mount Langley | 4274 | 365 | class 1 | California |
| 43 | Mount Tyndall | 4273 | 343 | class 2 | California |
| 44 | Middle Palisade | 4271 | 341 | class 3 | California |
| SR | Mount Muir | 4271 | 101 | class 3 | California |
| 45 | Colima | 4270 | >200 | F/class 1 | Mexico |
| NR | Thunderbolt Peak | 4268 | 68 | class 4, summit block 5.8 | California |