Thirteener

{{Short description|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 {{Convert|13000|ft|m|1}} above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners," which exceed {{Convert|14000|ft|m|1}}. 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.{{cite web | title = Colorado 13ers List | url= http://listsofjohn.com/elev?s=CO&e=13 | accessdate = 2016-10-06 | publisher=listsofjohn.com}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Climbing the Wyoming 13ers • Sunlit Summit|url=https://sunlitsummit.com/trip-reports/wyoming/wyoming-13ers/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Sunlit Summit|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=13ers of Wyoming|url=https://listsofjohn.com/elev?s=WY&e=13|access-date=2020-11-13|website=listsofjohn.com}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-21 |title=Colorado woman first to climb all 846 peaks above 13,000 feet in every state but Alaska |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/21/colorado-woman-first-to-climb-all-846-peaks-above-13000-feet-in-every-state-but-alaska/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Pennington |first=Emily |date=2019-11-13 |title=This Woman Has Summited 846 Thirteeners |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/teresa-gergen-thirteeners-record/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Outside Online |language=en-US}}

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 {{Convert|300|ft|m|0}} of prominence to qualify. According to the [http://www.mcak.org Mountaineering Club of Alaska], it is standard in Alaska to use a {{Convert|500|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} 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.

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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:

class="wikitable"
width=100 | U.S. State

!Thirteeners

!Fourteeners

!Highest 13er < 14,000 ft

!Elevation

Colorado || 637

| align=center | 53 || Grizzly Peak || {{Convert|13988|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

California || 149

| align=center | 12 || Mount Barnard || {{Convert|13990|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

Alaska || 41

| align=center | 20 || Mount Hunter, South Peak || {{Convert|13966|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

Wyoming || 35

| align=center | 0 || Gannett Peak || {{Convert|13804|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

Utah || 17

| align=center | 0 || Kings Peak || {{Convert|13528|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

New Mexico || 3

| align=center | 0 || Wheeler Peak || {{Convert|13161|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

Hawaii || 2

| align=center | 0 || Mauna Kea || {{Convert|13796|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

Nevada || 2

| align=center | 0 || Boundary Peak || {{Convert|13140|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

Washington || 0

| align=center | 1 || none || align=center | -

File:Kitcarsonmtn.jpg, Colorado]]

=Colorado=

File:Mount silverheels.jpg, Colorado]]

By the most detailed count, Colorado has 637 peaks that exceed {{Convert|13000|ft|m|-2}} and meet the prominence criteria, of which 53 are fourteeners.{{cite book | last = Roach | first = Gerry | author2 = Roach, Jennifer | title = Colorado's Thirteeners, 13,800 to 13,999 Feet: From Hikes to Climbs | publisher = Fulcrum Publishing | year = 2001 | isbn = 1-55591-419-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781555914196 | url-access = registration }}{{cite web | title = Colorado's Summits – 13,000 to 13,999 feet | url= http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/CO_13ers.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-02 }} The highest of them less than 14,000 feet are as follows (the rank includes higher peaks):

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 54Grizzly Peak

|{{Convert|13988|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sawatch Range

align=center | 55Stewart Peak

|{{Convert|13983|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|San Juan Mountains

align=center | 56Columbia Point

|{{Convert|13980|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sangre de Cristo Range

align=center | 57Pigeon Peak

|{{Convert|13972|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|San Juan Mountains

align=center | 58Mount Ouray

|{{Convert|13971|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sawatch Range

align=center | 59Ice Mountain

|{{Convert|13951|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sawatch Range

align=center | 60Fletcher Mountain

|{{Convert|13951|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Tenmile Range

align=center | 61Pacific Peak

|{{Convert|13950|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|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:

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 130Grizzly Peak

|{{Convert|13738|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|San Juan Mountains

align=center | 142Grizzly Mountain

|{{Convert|13708|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sawatch Range

align=center | 145Grizzly Peak

|{{Convert|13700|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|San Juan Mountains

align=center | 302Grizzly Peak

|{{Convert|13427|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Front Range

align=center | 415Grizzly Peak

|{{Convert|13281|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sawatch Range

File:Lizard Head.jpg, Colorado]]

Other notable Colorado thirteeners include:

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 66Mount Adams

|{{Convert|13931|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sangre de Cristo Range

align=center | 68Mount Meeker

|{{Convert|13911|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Front Range

align=center | 82Crystal Peak

|{{Convert|13852|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Tenmile Range

align=center | 89Turret Peak

|{{Convert|13835|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Needle Mountains

align=center | 96Mount Silverheels

|{{Convert|13822|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Mosquito Range

align=center | 131Argentine Peak

|{{Convert|13738|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Tenmile Range

align=center | 253North Arapaho Peak

|{{Convert|13502|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Front Range

align=center | 304Mummy Mountain

|{{Convert|13425|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Mummy Range

align=center | 324Parry Peak

|{{Convert|13391|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Front Range

align=center | 451Hesperus Mountain

|{{Convert|13232|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|San Juan Mountains

align=center | 515Twilight Peak

|{{Convert|13158|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|San Juan Mountains

align=center | 556Lizard Head

|{{Convert|13113|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|San Juan Mountains

File:Mount Humphreys.jpg, California]]

= California =

California has the second greatest number of thirteeners with 149{{cite web | title = California Thirteeners | url= https://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/selecth.php?sort=&n=149&s=CA | accessdate = 2009-03-09 }} of them, of which 12 are fourteeners. The highest under 14,000 feet are as follows (the rank includes higher peaks):

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 13Mount Barnard

|{{Convert|13990|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 14Mount Humphreys

|{{Convert|13986|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 15Mount Keith

|{{Convert|13975|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 16Mount Stanford

|{{Convert|13973|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

File:Mount Darwin.jpg, California]]

File:Mt Tom CA from US 395.jpg, California]]

Other notable California thirteeners include:

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 19Mount Le Conte

|{{Convert|13930|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 21Mount Agassiz

|{{Convert|13893|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 23Norman Clyde Peak

|{{Convert|13861|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 26Mount Darwin

|{{Convert|13831|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 27Mount Kaweah

|{{Convert|13802|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 29Mount Winchell

|{{Convert|13775|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 30Mount Morgan (Inyo County)

|{{Convert|13748|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 33Red Kaweah

|{{Convert|13720|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 38Black Kaweah

|{{Convert|13680|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 39Mount Tom

|{{Convert|13652|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 46Birch Mountain

|{{Convert|13602|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 53Palisade Crest

|{{Convert|13553|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 69Montgomery Peak

|{{Convert|13441|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|White Mountains

align=center | 76Kaweah Queen

|{{Convert|13382|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 120Red Slate Mountain

|{{Convert|13163|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 122Mount Ritter

|{{Convert|13140|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 123Mount Baxter

|{{Convert|13140|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 126Mount Lyell

|{{Convert|13114|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 137Mount Dana

|{{Convert|13057|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

align=center | 149Mount Morgan (Mono County)

|{{Convert|13001|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sierra Nevada

File:MtBlackburn-AtnaPeaks-ParkaPeak.jpg, 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,{{cite web | title = Alaska's Summits 13,000 feet and above | url= http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/AK_13ers.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-02 }}{{cite web | title = Alaska 13,000-foot Peaks | url= http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=21301 | accessdate = 2007-03-02 }}{{cite web | title = Highest Alaskan Summits (Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve) | url= http://www.nps.gov/wrst/planyourvisit/upload/Highest%20Alaskan%20Summits.pdf | accessdate = 2007-03-11 }} 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.{{cite web | title = Alaska's Highest Peaks | url= https://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/selecth.php?sort=&n=61&s=AK | accessdate = 2016-03-02 }} The following list may miss a few peaks that should be included:

File:MountJarvis.jpg (north and main peaks), Alaska]]

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 21Mount Hunter, South Peak

|{{Convert|13966|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Alaska Range

align=center | 22Atna Peaks

|{{Convert|13860|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wrangell Mountains

align=center | 23Regal Mountain

|{{Convert|13845|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wrangell Mountains

align=center | 24Mount Hayes

|{{Convert|13832|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Alaska Range

align=center | 25Mount Cook

|{{Convert|13760|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Saint Elias Mountains

align=center | 26Mount Sanford, South Peak

|{{Convert|13654|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wrangell Mountains

align=center | 27Mount Quincy Adams

|{{Convert|13615|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Fairweather Range

align=center | 28Ocypete Peak

|{{Convert|13550|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Saint Elias Mountains

align=center | 29East Kahiltna Peak

|{{Convert|13440|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Alaska Range

align=center | 30Mount Natazhat

|{{Convert|13435|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Saint Elias Mountains

align=center | 31Mount Jarvis

|{{Convert|13421|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wrangell Mountains

align=center | 32Mount Hunter, Middle Peak

|{{Convert|13400|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} + 

|Alaska Range

align=center | 33Mount Bona, East Peak (Tressider Peak)

|{{Convert|13315|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Saint Elias Mountains

align=center | 34Mount Hayes, South Peak

|{{Convert|13305|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Alaska Range

align=center | 35Celeno Peak

|{{Convert|13300|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} + 

|Saint Elias Mountains

align=center | 36Parka Peak

|{{Convert|13280|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wrangell Mountains

align=center | 37Mount Silverthrone

|{{Convert|13220|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Alaska Range

align=center | 38Mount Marcus Baker

|{{Convert|13176|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Chugach Mountains

align=center | 39Mount Jarvis, North Peak

|{{Convert|13025|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wrangell Mountains

align=center | 40Mount Moffit

|{{Convert|13020|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Alaska Range

align=center | 41Mount Zanetti

|{{Convert|13009|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wrangell Mountains

File:Gannet Peak with Gannett Glacier.jpg, Wyoming]]

=Wyoming=

Wyoming has 35 thirteeners with at least 300 ft of interpolated prominence, but no fourteeners.{{Cite web|title=WY 13er Peak Profiles|url=https://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/select.php?P=300&sort=&S=WY&R=13|access-date=2020-11-13|website=listsofjohn.com}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Climbing the Wyoming 13ers • Sunlit Summit|url=https://sunlitsummit.com/trip-reports/wyoming/wyoming-13ers/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Sunlit Summit|language=en-US}} The highest of them are:

File:Grand Teton in Winter-NPS.jpg, Wyoming]]

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 1Gannett Peak

|{{Convert|13804|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 2Grand Teton

|{{Convert|13770|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Teton Range

align=center | 3Fremont Peak

|{{Convert|13745|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 4Mount Warren

|{{Convert|13722|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 5Mount Helen

|{{Convert|13620|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 6Turret Peak

|{{Convert|13620|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 7Mount Sacagawea

|{{Convert|13569|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 8Jackson Peak

|{{Convert|13517|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 9Mount Woodrow Wilson

|{{Convert|13502|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 10Bastion Peak

|{{Convert|13494|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 11Mount Febbas

|{{Convert|13468|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 12Flagstone Peak

|{{Convert|13450|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 13Sunbeam Peak

|{{Convert|13440|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 14Pinnacle Ridge

|{{Convert|13365|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 15Downs Mountain

|{{Convert|13349|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

File:Francs Peak.jpg, Wyoming]]

Other notable Wyoming thirteeners include:

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 20Wind River Peak

|{{Convert|13192|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Wind River Range

align=center | 23Cloud Peak

|{{Convert|13167|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Big Horn Mountains

align=center | 26Francs Peak

|{{Convert|13153|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Absaroka Range

align=center | 33Black Tooth Mountain

|{{Convert|13005|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Big Horn Mountains

File:Kings Peak Close Up.jpg, Utah]]

=Utah=

Utah has 17 thirteeners with at least 300 ft of prominence, but no fourteeners.{{cite book | last = Rose | first = David | title = Utah Thirteeners | publisher = University of Utah Press | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-87480-794-8 | url = http://www.utahthirteeners.com/ }}{{cite web | title = Utah's Summits over 13,000 feet | url= http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/UT_13ers.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-02 }} All of them are located in the remote Uinta Mountains near the Wyoming border. The highest of the thirteeners are:

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 1Kings Peak

|{{Convert|13528|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Uinta Mountains

align=center | 2South Kings Peak

|{{Convert|13512|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Uinta Mountains

align=center | 3Gilbert Peak

|{{Convert|13442|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Uinta Mountains

align=center | 4Mount Emmons

|{{Convert|13440|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Uinta Mountains

File:Wheeler Peak from Phillips.jpg, New Mexico]]

=New Mexico=

New Mexico has 3 thirteeners, all located within about {{Convert|40|mi|km|0}} of each other in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.{{cite web | title = New Mexico's Summits over 12,000 feet | url= http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/NM_12ers.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-02}}

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mountain

!Elevation

!Range

align=center | 1Wheeler Peak

|{{Convert|13161|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sangre de Cristo Mountains

align=center | 2Truchas Peak

|{{Convert|13102|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sangre de Cristo Mountains

align=center | 3North Truchas Peak

|{{Convert|13024|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Sangre de Cristo Mountains

File:Mauna Kea10.jpg, Hawaii]]

=Hawaii=

Hawaii has two thirteeners,{{cite web | title = Hawaii's Summits over 13,000 feet | url= http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/HI_13ers.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-02 }} the great shield volcanoes which comprise the bulk of the Big Island of Hawaii.

class="wikitable"
Rank

! width=100 | Mountain

!Elevation

! width=100 | Range

align=center

|1

|Mauna Kea

|{{Convert|13796|ft|m |0|abbr=on}}

|Island of Hawaii

align=center

|2

|Mauna Loa

|{{Convert|13680|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Island of Hawaii

File:Boundary Peak Nevada USA.jpg, Nevada]]

=Nevada=

Nevada has only a single thirteener that meets the threshold for inclusion, Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park with an impressive {{Convert|7568|ft|m|0}} of prominence. However, the highest point in the state is Boundary Peak, which is a sub-peak of California's Montgomery Peak with only {{Convert|240|ft|m|0}} of prominence.{{cite web | title = Nevada's Summits over 13,000 feet | url= http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/NV_13ers.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-02}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

class="wikitable"
width=100 | Mountain

!Elevation

! width=100 | Range

align=center

|Boundary Peak

|{{Convert|13140|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|White Mountains

align=center

|Wheeler Peak

|{{Convert|13065|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

|Snake Range

=Washington=

Mount Rainier is the only mountain in Washington state that exceeds {{Convert|13000|ft|m|-2}}, and it has two summits that meet the prominence criteria,{{cite web | title = Washington's Summits over 13,000 feet | url = http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/WA_13ers.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-02 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091224204839/http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/WA_13ers.shtml | archivedate = 2009-12-24 }} both of which are included on the list of fourteeners.

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