Steepness Peak List
John Kirk has completed 68 Contiguous US Top 1000 Greatest Average Steepness Peaks
| Angle Rank |
Name |
Avg. Steepness |
Avg. Drop |
Elevation |
Prominence |
State |
Counties |
Quadrangle |
| 20 | Chimney Rock | 63.19° | 649' | 11,784' | 393' | CO | Hinsdale & Ouray | Courthouse Mountain |
| 51 | Humphreys, Mount | 60.07° | 570' | 13,986' | 2,563' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Mount Tom |
| 58 | Sharkstooth, The | 59.75° | 563' | 12,531' | 394' | CO | Larimer | McHenrys Peak |
| 63 | Curecanti Needle | 59.35° | 554' | 7,868' | 451' | CO | Gunnison | Curecanti Needle |
| 64 | Warm Springs Cliff | 59.31° | 553' | 6,824' | 1,135' | CO | Moffat | Canyon of Lodore South |
| 100 | Turret Ridge | 57.73° | 520' | 12,264' | 690' | CO | Hinsdale | Courthouse Mountain |
| 102 | "Steeple Peak" | 57.52° | 515' | 12,083' | 409' | WY | Sublette | Temple Peak |
| 122 | Shaft Benchmark | 56.95° | 504' | 6,332' | 896' | UT | San Juan | Upheaval Dome |
| 130 | Temple Peak | 56.65° | 498' | 12,982' | 1,483' | WY | Sublette | Temple Peak |
| 133 | Precipice Peak | 56.61° | 498' | 13,141' | 498' | CO | Hinsdale | Wetterhorn Peak |
| 162 | Pigeon Peak | 55.72° | 481' | 13,977' | 1,181' | CO | La Plata | Snowdon Peak |
| 163 | Knife Point | 55.66° | 480' | 13,270' | 312' | CO | La Plata | Storm King Peak |
| 177 | Needle Rock | 55.28° | 473' | 7,880' | 681' | CO | Delta | Crawford |
| 188 | Lizard Head | 55.06° | 470' | 13,112' | 1,126' | CO | Dolores & San Miguel | Mount Wilson |
| 213 | 12261 | 54.40° | 458' | 12,261' | 460' | WY | Fremont | Lizard Head Peak |
| 225 | High Rock | 54.13° | 454' | 5,688' | 3,132' | WA | Lewis | Sawtooth Ridge |
| 259 | War Bonnet Peak | 53.55° | 444' | 12,374' | 321' | WY | Fremont & Sublette | Lizard Head Peak |
| 261 | Wetterhorn Peak | 53.51° | 444' | 14,021' | 1,656' | CO | Hinsdale & Ouray | Wetterhorn Peak |
| 288 | Picacho Peak | 52.97° | 435' | 3,370' | 1,573' | AZ | Pinal | Newman Peak |
| 291 | Coxcomb Peak | 52.96° | 435' | 13,663' | 764' | CO | Hinsdale & Ouray | Wetterhorn Peak |
| 306 | Castles East, The | 52.72° | 431' | 12,296' | 452' | CO | Gunnison | West Elk Peak |
| 313 | Lizard Head Peak | 52.53° | 428' | 12,857' | 1,909' | WY | Fremont | Lizard Head Peak |
| 330 | East Gibraltar Peak | 52.36° | 425' | 8,821' | 514' | CO | Routt | Tumble Mountain |
| 339 | "Glacier Spike" | 52.24° | 424' | 12,500' | 394' | CA | Fresno | Mount Clarence King |
| 346 | Ericsson Crags | 52.18° | 423' | 13,156' | 328' | CA | Tulare | Mount Brewer |
| 358 | Peak Fifteen | 52.02° | 420' | 13,671' | 349' | CO | La Plata | Snowdon Peak |
| 395 | "Dragon's Back" | 51.59° | 414' | 12,973' | 425' | CO | Ouray | Wetterhorn Peak |
| 411 | Jenny Lind Rock | 51.44° | 412' | 6,093' | 663' | CO | Moffat | Canyon of Lodore South |
| 441 | Cirque Mountain | 51.04° | 406' | 13,692' | 560' | CO | Ouray | Mount Sneffels |
| 456 | 11617 | 50.90° | 404' | 11,617' | 301' | CO | Archuleta | Elephant Head Rock |
| 498 | Nokhu Crags | 50.44° | 397' | 12,507' | 329' | CO | Jackson | Mount Richthofen |
| 501 | Jagged Mountain | 50.43° | 397' | 13,833' | 972' | CO | San Juan | Storm King Peak |
| 521 | Uncompahgre Peak | 50.21° | 394' | 14,318' | 4,249' | CO | Hinsdale | Uncompahgre Peak |
| 523 | Crestone Needle | 50.20° | 394' | 14,196' | 455' | CO | Custer & Saguache | Crestone Peak |
| 538 | 6425 | 50.07° | 392' | 6,425' | 629' | CO | Moffat | Tanks Peak |
| 573 | Peak Ten | 49.75° | 388' | 13,494' | 322' | CO | San Juan | Storm King Peak |
| 587 | Camels Hump | 49.63° | 386' | 12,532' | 306' | WY | Fremont & Sublette | Lizard Head Peak |
| 624 | "The Thumb" | 49.27° | 381' | 10,107' | 327' | NM | Bernalillo | Sandia Crest |
| 628 | Navajo Peak | 49.25° | 381' | 11,327' | 324' | CO | Archuleta | Chama Peak |
| 675 | Chiefs Head Peak | 48.94° | 377' | 13,577' | 696' | CO | Boulder | Isolation Peak |
| 676 | Peak Eight | 48.93° | 376' | 13,252' | 330' | CO | San Juan | Storm King Peak |
| 679 | 8664 | 48.90° | 376' | 8,664' | 723' | CO | Dolores | North Mountain |
| 730 | "Peak C" | 48.46° | 370' | 13,228' | 536' | CO | Eagle & Summit | Vail East |
| 766 | Middle Palisade | 48.20° | 367' | 14,012' | 1,119' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Split Mountain |
| 791 | 13221 | 48.04° | 365' | 13,221' | 345' | CO | Pitkin | Mount Champion |
| 799 | Jordan, Mount | 47.98° | 364' | 13,353' | 656' | CA | Tulare | Mount Brewer |
| 818 | Jepson, Mount | 47.86° | 363' | 13,390' | 366' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Split Mountain |
| 822 | Sawtooth Mountain | 47.85° | 362' | 12,328' | 382' | CO | Boulder | Allens Park |
| 842 | Sleeping Sexton | 47.71° | 361' | 13,457' | 420' | CO | Pitkin | Maroon Bells |
| 849 | "East Trinity" | 47.66° | 360' | 13,752' | 395' | CO | San Juan | Storm King Peak |
| 850 | Palisade Crest | 47.66° | 360' | 13,553' | 594' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Split Mountain |
| 882 | "Heisshorn" | 47.45° | 357' | 13,418' | 463' | CO | Hinsdale | Wetterhorn Peak |
| 887 | Muir, Mount | 47.41° | 357' | 14,012' | 331' | CA | Inyo & Tulare | Mount Whitney |
| 892 | Granite Peak | 47.39° | 357' | 5,754' | 1,024' | NM | Hidalgo | Cotton City |
| 899 | Castle Mountain | 47.34° | 356' | 12,612' | 2,672' | MT | Carbon | Castle Mountain |
| 906 | "Hiamovi Tower" | 47.31° | 356' | 12,199' | 319' | CO | Grand | Isolation Peak |
| 908 | Navajo Peak | 47.29° | 355' | 13,419' | 316' | CO | Boulder & Grand | Monarch Lake |
| 915 | "Priord Peak" | 47.24° | 355' | 12,261' | 486' | UT | Duchesne & Summit | Explorer Peak |
| 916 | Dallas Peak | 47.23° | 355' | 13,812' | 889' | CO | Ouray & San Miguel | Telluride |
| 923 | 9262 | 47.21° | 354' | 9,262' | 312' | CO | Park | McCurdy Mountain |
| 927 | Florida Mountains (HP) | 47.19° | 354' | 7,449' | 3,198' | NM | Luna | Florida Gap |
| 937 | Windom Peak | 47.09° | 353' | 14,089' | 2,166' | CO | La Plata | Columbine Pass |
| 952 | Storm King Peak | 47.00° | 352' | 13,753' | 633' | CO | San Juan | Storm King Peak |
| 961 | 12622 | 46.95° | 351' | 12,622' | 755' | CO | Mineral | Pagosa Peak |
| 965 | McAdie, Mount | 46.91° | 351' | 13,799' | 512' | CA | Inyo & Tulare | Mount Whitney |
| 968 | Wildhorse Peak | 46.89° | 350' | 13,271' | 968' | CO | Ouray | Wetterhorn Peak |
| 969 | Grand Teton | 46.89° | 351' | 13,775' | 6,534' | WY | Teton | Grand Teton |
| 990 | 13220 | 46.79° | 349' | 13,220' | 337' | CO | Hinsdale | Uncompahgre Peak |
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