List "Apex HPs (Toughest 20 US COHPs- excluding AK)" By wayfarer View Map of this List
| # in list |
Name |
Elevation |
Saddle |
Prominence |
Line Parent |
Isolation |
Proximate Parent |
State |
Counties |
Quadrangle | LiDAR |
| 1 | Rainier, Mount | 14,412' | 1,148' | 13,264' | Massive, Mount | 732.70 | Whitney, Mount | WA | Pierce | Mount Rainier West - Map | summit only |
| 2 | North Palisade | 14,242' | 11,347' | 2,895' | Williamson, Mount | 32.34 | Williamson, Mount | CA | Fresno & Inyo | North Palisade - Map | |
| 3 | Shasta, Mount | 14,162' | 4,330' | 9,832' | North Palisade | 335.11 | White Mountain Peak | CA | Siskiyou | Mount Shasta - Map | |
| 4 | Gannett Peak | 13,811' | 6,732' | 7,079' | Longs Peak | 290.69 | Longs Peak | WY | Fremont & Sublette | Gannett Peak - Map | yes |
| 5 | Grand Teton | 13,775' | 7,241' | 6,534' | Gannett Peak | 69.33 | Gannett Peak | WY | Teton | Grand Teton - Map | yes |
| 6 | Ritter, Mount | 13,143' | 9,174' | 3,969' | Red Slate Mountain | 22.03 | Red Slate Mountain | CA | Madera | Mount Ritter - Map | |
| 7 | Lyell, Mount | 13,118' | 11,187' | 1,931' | Ritter, Mount | 5.26 | Ritter, Mount | CA | Madera & Tuolumne | Mount Lyell - Map | summit only |
| 8 | Granite Peak | 12,806' | 8,026' | 4,780' | Francs Peak | 86.30 | Francs Peak | MT | Park | Granite Peak - Map | yes |
| 9 | Washakie Needles | 12,522' | 11,177' | 1,345' | Francs Peak | 15.36 | Jojo Mountain | WY | Hot Springs | Monument Peak - Map | yes |
| 10 | Hood, Mount | 11,244' | 3,540' | 7,704' | Sonora Peak | 58.19 | Adams, Mount | OR | Clackamas & Hood River | Mount Hood South - Map | summit only |
| 11 | Baker, Mount | 10,778' | 1,935' | 8,843' | Rainier, Mount | 132.38 | Liberty Cap | WA | Whatcom | Mount Baker - Map | summit only |
| 12 | Glacier Peak | 10,549' | 3,009' | 7,540' | Little Tahoma Peak | 56.10 | Baker, Mount | WA | Snohomish | Glacier Peak East - Map | yes |
| 13 | Jefferson, Mount | 10,497' | 4,700' | 5,797' | Highland Peak | 48.64 | Hood, Mount | OR | Jefferson & Linn | Mount Jefferson - Map | |
| 14 | Cleveland, Mount | 10,466' | 5,220' | 5,246' | Evans, Mount | 98.34 | Mike, Mount | MT | Glacier | Mount Cleveland - Map | |
| 15 | Stimson, Mount | 10,142' | 5,740' | 4,402' | Cleveland, Mount | 30.41 | Cleveland, Mount | MT | Flathead | Mount Stimson - Map | |
| 16 | Bonanza Peak | 9,507' | 5,782' | 3,725' | Glacier Peak | 14.39 | Glacier Peak | WA | Chelan | Holden - Map | yes |
| 17 | Buckner Mountain | 9,116' | 6,051' | 3,065' | Goode Mountain | 4.14 | Goode Mountain | WA | Chelan & Skagit | Goode Mountain - Map | yes |
| 18 | "Big Horn" | 8,023' | 7,725' | 298' | Gilbert Peak | 0.24 | Goat Rocks | WA | Lewis & Yakima | Walupt Lake - Map | yes |
| 19 | Olympus, Mount | 7,969' | 131' | 7,838' | Rainier, Mount | 108.30 | "Assassin Spire" | WA | Jefferson | Mount Olympus - Map | |
| 20 | Kawaikini | 5,304' | 0' | 5,304' | Puu Kukui | 204.05 | Puu Kukui | HI | Kauai | Waimea Canyon - Map | yes |