Contiguous US 14ers
United States, North America

Contiguous US 14ers

United States, North America
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History

The first people to complete the then-known contiguous US 14ers (51 CO, 12 CA? & 1 WA?) were father and son Carl and Bob Melzer in 1939 (1).  The third person & first woman to complete the then-known contiguous US 14ers (52 CO, 14 CA & 1 WA) was Virginia Nolan on July 19, 1953 (2-4).  The speed record for climbing the then-recognized contiguous US 14ers (54 CO, 13 CA? & 1 WA?) was done by George, Flint, Quade, Cody & Tyle Smith in 48 days in 1974 (5,6).  Any new speed records for the contiguous US 14ers will need to include all of the 67 peaks listed below.

Completers

The following is a list of people known to complete all of the 67 contiguous US 14ers with 300 feet of interpolated prominence:

 
Completer
Date of Completion
Age at Completion
1
Rich McAdams
September 1984
34
2
Charlie Winger
October 1986
49
3
Bob Packard
July 1988
52
4
Brian Kalet
July 14, 2007
27
5
Teresa Gergen
September 2, 2008
44
5
Kirk Mallory
September 2, 2008
39
7 Bill Wright September 19, 2013 51
8
Shane McDonald
 October 5, 2013 30
9
David Twillmann
 August 16, 2014 35
10 Mike Bromberg July 1, 2015 66
11 Eva Poisson July 1, 2016 33
11
Michael Poisson
 July 1, 2016 37
13
Mitch Etchebarne
 July 12, 2016 63
14
Garry Harrington
 August 12, 2016 56
14
David Hart
 August 12, 2016 48
16 Ted Ehrlich September 18, 2016  29
17  Calvin Johannsen  July 16, 2017 30
18 Alyson Kirk September 4, 2020 37
18 John Kirk September 4, 2020 44
20 Alex Walker August 15, 2022 20
21 Sam Konings May 20, 2024 28

State Stats

State
Ranked Peaks
Percentage
First Appearance
CO
53
79
2
CA
12
18
1
WA
2
3
5

List

Only peaks with at least 300 feet of interpolated prominence are included.  Summitpost links are provided when available.  When unavailable, Lists of John links are provided.

Peak Name
Rank
Elevation
Prominence
 State
Mount Whitney
1
14,497'
10,082'
 CA
Mount Elbert
2
14,438'
9,092'
 CO
Mount Massive
3
14,427'
1,983'
 CO
Mount Harvard
4
14,424'
2,340'
 CO
Mount Rainier
5
14,412'
13,264'
 WA
Mount Williamson
6
14,375'
1,679'
 CA
Blanca Peak
7
14,350'
5,335'
 CO
La Plata Peak
8
14,344'
1,846'
 CO
Uncompahgre Peak
9
14,318'
4,249'
 CO
Crestone Peak
10
14,299'
4,584'
 CO
Mount Lincoln
11
14,293'
3,860'
 CO
Grays Peak
12
14,275'
2,782'
 CO
Castle Peak
13
14,274'
2,358'
 CO
Quandary Peak
14
14,272'
1,134'
 CO
Torreys Peak
15
14,272'
549'
 CO
Mount Antero
16
14,271'
2,497'
 CO
Mount Evans
17
14,268'
2,751'
 CO
Longs Peak
18
14,259'
2,947'
 CO
Mount Wilson
19
14,256'
4,021'
 CO
White Mountain Peak
20
14,246'
7,196'
 CA
North Palisade
21
14,242'
2,895'
 CA
Mount Shavano
22
14,230'
1,614'
 CO
Mount Belford
23
14,202'
1,329'
 CO
Mount Princeton
24
14,200'
2,213'
 CO
Mount Yale
25
14,200'
1,874'
 CO
Crestone Needle
26
14,196'
455'
 CO
Mount Bross
27
14,178'
315'
 CO
Kit Carson Peak
28
14,167'
1,031'
 CO
Maroon Peak
29
14,163'
2,328'
 CO
Mount Shasta
30
14,162'
9,832'
 CA
Mount Oxford
31
14,158'
649'
 CO
Tabeguache Peak
32
14,1538'
441'
 CO
Mount Sneffels
33
14,155'
3,030'
 CO
Mount Democrat
34
14,154'
770'
 CO
Mount Sill
35
14,153'
413'
 CA
Capitol Peak
36
14,138'
1,772'
 CO
Liberty Cap
37
14,122'
492'
 WA
Pikes Peak
38
14,109'
5,527'
 CO
Snowmass Mountain
39
14,105'
1,173'
 CO
Windom Peak
40
14,089'
2,166'
 CO
Mount Russell
41
14,088'
1,129'
 CA
Mount Eolus
42
14,087'
1,012'
 CO
Mount Columbia
43
14,075'
911'
 CO
Missouri Mountain
44
14,071'
855'
 CO
Humboldt Peak
45
14,068'
1,227'
 CO
Mount Bierstadt
46
14,066'
772'
 CO
Sunlight Peak
47
14,061'
412'
 CO
Handies Peak
48
14,058'
1,921'
 CO
Split Mountain
49
14,058'
1,558'
 CA
Ellingwood Point
50
14,057'
374'
 CO
Mount Lindsey
51
14,055'
1,534'
 CO
Culebra Peak
52
14,042'
4,803'
 CO
Mount Sherman
53
14,043'
902'
 CO
Little Bear Peak
54
14,041'
397'
 CO
Redcloud Peak
55
14,037'
1,436'
 CO
Pyramid Peak
56
14,029'
1,649'
 CO
Mount Langley
57
14,025'
1,197'
 CA
San Luis Peak
58
14,023'
3,112'
 CO
North Maroon Peak 59 14,022' 329' CO
Wetterhorn Peak
60
14,021'
1,656'
 CO
Wilson Peak
61
14,021'
865'
 CO
Mount Tyndall
62
14,018'
1,125'
 CA
Middle Palisade
63
14,012'
1,119'
 CA
Mount Muir
64
14,012'
331'
 CA
Mount of the Holy Cross
65
14,007'
2,120'
 CO
Huron Peak
66
14,006'
1,425'
 CO
Sunshine Peak
67
14,004'
484'
 CO


References

2. Trail & Timberline, Issue 1005, Winter 2010, Page 13.
3. Woody Smith, volunteer historian at the Colorado Mountain Club, personal communication, 1/19/2010.
4. Trail & Timberline, Issue 1016, Fall 2012, Page 40.

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