FOURTEENERS (14,000 FEET) OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS

In a previous review named EXPEDICIÓN MOUNT WHITNEY, the most remarkable range of mountains in USA and North America is the ROCKY MOUNTAINS, a gross spine extended form Alaska through New Mexico. It's the "Montañas Rocosas" o Rocky Mountains en North America.

Rocky Mountains.


The Rockies enclose the highest top around the USA and North America, namely, the Mount McKinley or Denali (6.194 m / 20,320 ft), as well as the highest top around Canada, the Mount Logan (5.959 m / 19,551 ft), besides other summits above 5.000m heightness. It's curious that, despite the high concentration of peaks above 4.000m height, the highest top around the contiguous states is the MOUNT WHITNEY (4.421 m / 14,505 ft), whithin the High Sierra o Sierra Nevada of California.

Rocky Mountains is 5.000 km - 3,100 miles long, most of it into the USA, crossing Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Here's the overall situation of the Rockies in USA.

Rocky Mountains in the US.


Considering the US CUSTOMARY SYSTEM the magic threshold is 14,000 feet, so the big shots are named after this, as Fourteeners or 14ers . For us, as Europeans, the international systme is customary, and a Fourteener is the equivalent to 4.268 meters. Hence, if you are not American, don't mislead Fourteeners by "cuatromiles". 

It's customary to sort the Fourteeners (14ers) according to the state pertaining to, in spite of the range wherein attached; even considering the fact that the summits might pertain to very different system ranges.

Most of our research has met information about Colorado Fourteeners o California Fourteeners, instead of "Rocky Mountains Fourteeners" or "High Sierra Fourteeners". That's the reason why the attached list is sorted by FOURTEENERS OF USA OR US FOURTEENERS and the CONTINENTAL US FOURTEENERS. The Contiguous US or Continental US consist of the 48 contiguous states besides Washington D.C., as part of the United States of America, disregarding Alaska and Hawai.

Now, following meet the 70 Contiguous US Fourteeners by states:

- 54 Fourteeners in Colorado
- 15 Fourteeners in California
- 01 Fourteeners in Washington

On the other hand, the 70 Contiguous US Fourteeners spread out by ranges like follows:

- 54 Fourteeners in Rocky Mountains of Colorado, pertaining the Southern Rocky Mountains
- 13 Fourteeners en High Sierra or Sierra Nevada of California
- 01 Fourteeners in White-Inyo Mountains of California
- 01 Fourtenners in Cascada Range of California
- 01 Fourteeners in Cascada Range of Washington

We're a bit picky with this, so that we've developed a list of the Fourteeners of the Rockies, or Fourteeners of Colorado, which is the same, curiosuly. In fact, the Fourteeners located in the Rockies, considering both of USA and Canada, are all of them within Colorado State. For such  reason,it's usual to mention the Colorado Fourteeners instead the Rocky Mountains Fourteeners. The highest point of the Rockies is the Mount Elbert (4.401 m / 14,440 ft), which is, at the same time, the highest point of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and of Colorado State. Besides, it's the second top aroung  the contiguous US, just behind the granitic mith of MOUNT WHITNEY (4.421 m / 14,505 ft).

In this section, it's enclosed the list of 59 FOURTEENERS OF THE ROCKIES, or COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAINS, OR FOURTEENERS OF COLORADO, sorted by heightness and based on the list published here:

- 14ERS.COM
- FOURTEENERS.ORG
- AMERICASROOF.COM/FOURTEENERS

As explained at 14ERS.COM, we've included all 14,000 ft peaks, no matter how prominent they're, as long as they're acknowledged by the UNITED STATES GEOLOGYCAL SURVEY USGS.

The last column includes the date we've climbed it, if such is the case. From the 54 FOURTEENERS (14,000 FEET) of the Rockies, you'll find 5 CLIMBINGS succesfully accomplished by us.

FOURTEENERS (14,000 FEET) OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS
MOUNT ELBERT	14,433 ft	Sawatch Range	2013/08/26
MOUNT MASSIVE	14,421 ft	Sawatch Range	-
MOUNT HARVARD	14,420 ft	Sawatch Range	-
BLANCA PEAK	14,345 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
LA PLATA PEAK	14,336 ft	Sawatch Range	2013/08/24
UMCOMPAHGRE PEAK	14,309 ft	San Juan Range	-
CRESTONE PEAK	14,294 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
MOUNT LINCOLN	14,286 ft	Mosquito Range	-
GRAYS PEAK	14,270 ft	Front Range	-
MOUNT ANTERO	14,269 ft	Sawatch Range	-
TORREYS PEAK	14,267 ft	Front Range	-
CASTLE PEAK	14,265 ft	Elk Range	2013/08/28
QUANDARY PEAK	14,265 ft	Tenmile Range	-
MOUNT EVANS	14,264 ft	Front Range	-
LONGS PEAK	14,255 ft	Front Range	-
MOUNT WILSON	14,246 ft	San Juan Range	-
MOUNT CAMERON	14,238 ft	Mosquito Range	-
MOUNT SAVANO	14,229 ft	Sawatch Range	-
CRESTONE NEEDLE	14,197 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
MOUNT BELFORD	14,197 ft	Sawatch Range	-
MOUNT PRINCETON	14,197 ft	Sawatch Range	-
MOUNT YALE	14,196 ft	Sawatch Range	-
MOUNT BROSS	14,172 ft	Mosquito Range	-
KIT CARSON PEAK	14,165 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
EL DIENTE PEAK	14,159 ft	San Juan Range	-
MAROON PEAK	14,156 ft	Elk Range	-
TABEGUACHE PEAK	14,155 ft	Sawatch Range	-
MOUNT OXFORD	14,153 ft	Sawatch Range	-
MOUNT SNEFFELS	14,150 ft	San Juan Range	-
MOUNT DEMOCRAT	14,148 ft	Mosquito Range	-
MOUNT CAPITOL	14,130 ft	San Juan Range	-
PIKES PEAK	14,110 ft	Front Range	-
SNOWMASS MOUNTAIN	14,092 ft	Elk Range	-
MOUNT EOLUS	14,083 ft	San Juan Range	-
WINDOM PEAK	14,082 ft	San Juan Range	-
CHALLENGER POINT	14,081 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
MOUNT COLUMBIA	14,073 ft	Sawatch Range	-
MISSOURI MOUNTAIN	14,067 ft	Sawatch Range	-
HUMBOLDT PEAK	14,064 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
MOUNT BIERSTADT	14,060 ft	Front Range	-
CONUNDRUM PEAK	14,060 ft	Elk Range	2013/08/28
SUNLIGHT PEAK	14,059 ft	San Juan Range	-
HANDIES PEAK	14,048 ft	San Juan Range	-
CULEBRA PEAK	14,047 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
ELLINGWOOD POINT	14,042 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
MOUNT LINDSEY	14,042 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
NORTH EOLUS	14,039 ft	San Juan Range	-
LITTLE BEAR PEAK	14,037 ft	Sangre de Cristo Range	-
MOUNT SHERMAN	14,036 ft	Mosquito Range	-
REDCLOUD PEAK	14,034 ft	San Juan Range	-
PYRAMID PEAK	14,018 ft	Elk Range	2013/08/20
WILSON PEAK	14,017 ft	San Juan Range	-
WETTERHORN PEAK	14,015 ft	San Juan Range	-
SAN LUIS PEAK	14,014 ft	San Juan Range	-
NORTH MARRON PEAK	14,014 ft	Elk Range	-
MOUNT OF THE HOLY CROSS	14,005 ft	Sawatch Range	-
HURON PEAK	14,003 ft	Sawatch Range	-
SUNSHINE PEAK	14,001 ft	San Juan Range	-