LISTS- The "Ranked" 14ers

Mount of the Holy Cross

Over the years the standard list of acceptable 14ers that you must, at a minimum, have climbed in order to claim having "climbed" the 14ers has changed. Changes resulting from new surveys and shifts in mountaineering culture have led to various versions of the 14er "list". The debate over what constitutes a mountain or a peak, versus just a sub-peak or false summit, is always lively. Though it may sound trivial, certain famous Colorado mountains such as North Maroon Peak and El Diente are often not included in certain lists for this very reason. The modern "official" 14er list includes 53 peaks as delineated by the criteria of having at least 300 feet of topographic prominence from it nearest higher neighbor as well a half mile separation between those peaks. Those constraints yield the popularly syndicated term of "rank"; a peak is "ranked" if it meets these criteria and that yields the most current "official" 14er list. As a mountaineering challenge, completing Colorado's 53 ranked 14ers is very popular. It is, in fact, by far the most popular of all possible "lists".

Colorado's Ranked 14ers

Peak Name	Elevation	Rank	Range	Difficulty easiest route (YDS)
Mount Elbert	14,433'	1	Sawatch	class 1
Mount Massive	14,421'	2	Sawatch	class 2
Mount Harvard	14,420'	3	Sawatch	class 2
Blanca Peak	14,345'	4	Sangre De Cristo	class 2
La Plata	14,336'	5	Sawatch	class 2
Uncompahgre Peak	14,309'	6	San Juan	class 2
Crestone Peak	14,294'	7	Sangre De Cristo	class 3
Mount Lincoln	14,286'	8	Tenmile Range	class 2
Grays Peak	14,270'	9	Front Range	class 1
Mount Antero	14,269'	10	Sawatch	class 2
Torreys Peak	14,267'	11	Front Range	class 2
Castle Peak	14,265'	12	Elk Range	class 2+
Quandary Peak	14,265'	13	Tenmile Range	class 1
Mount Evans	14,264'	14	Front Range	class 1
Longs Peak	14,255'	15	Front Range	class 3
Mount Wilson	14,246'	16	Front Range	class 4
Mount Shavano	14,229'	17	Sawatch	class 2
Mount Princeton	14,197'	18	Sawatch	class 2
Mount Belford	14,197	19	Sawatch	class 1
Crestone Needle	14,197	20	Sangre De Cristo	class 3
Mount Yale	14,196'	21	Sawatch	class 2
Mount Bross	14,172'	22	Mosquito	class 2
Kit Carson Peak	14,165'	23	Sangre De Cristo	class 3
Maroon Peak	14,156'	24	Elk Range	class 3
Tabeguache Peak	14,155'	25	Sawatch	class 2
Mount Oxford	14,153'	26	Sawatch	class 2
Mount Sneffels	14,150'	27	San Juan	class 2
Mount Democrat	14,148'	28	Mosquito	class 2
Capitol Peak	14,130'	29	Elk	class 4
Pikes Peak	14,110	30	Front Range	class 1
Snowmass Mountain	14,092'	31	Elk	class 3
Windom Peak	14,087'	32	San Juan	class 2+
Mount Eolus	14,084'	33	San Juan	class 3
Challenger Point	14,081'	34	Sangre De Cristo	class 2+
Mount Columbia	14,073'	35	Sawatch	class 2
Missouri Mountain	14,067'	36	Sawatch	class 2+
Humboldt Peak	14,064'	37	Sangre De Cristo	class 2
Mount Bierstadt	14,060'	38	Front Range	class 2
Sunlight Peak	14,059'	39	San Juan	class 4
Handies Peak	14,048'	40	San Juan	class 1
Culebra Peak	14,047'	41	Sangre De Cristo	class 2
Mount Lindsey	14,042'	42	Sangre De Cristo	class 2+
Ellingwood Point	14,042'	43	Sangre De Cristo	class 2
Little Bear	14,037'	44	Sangre De Cristo	class 4
Mount Sherman	14,036'	45	Tenmile Range	class 2
Redcloud Peak	14,034'	46	San Juan	class 2
Pyramid Peak	14,018'	47	Elk Range	class 4
Wilson Peak	14,017'	48	San Juan	class 3
Wetterhorn	14,015'	49	San Juan	class 3
San Luis Peak	14,014'	50	San Juan	class 1
Mount of the Holy Cross	14,005'	51	Elk Range	class 2
Huron Peak	14,003'	52	Sawatch	class 1
Sunshine Peak	14,001'	53	San Juan	class 2

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