First Ascents for National Parks *

* compiled by Bill Jacobs


Description

In the following table the name of each national park is followed by the date and surname of the first county highpointer(s) to have visited its highpoint(s). Virgin highpoints are indicated by "V" in the date column.


NATIONAL PARK DATE HIGHPOINTER(S)
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Acadia7/27/1949Johnson
Arches1979 or 1980Roach
Badlands12/25/2001Mitchler, Howard
Big Bend11/26/1971Vitz
Biscayne12/2002Griffith
Black Canyon of the Gunnison5/27/2000Mitchler, Hecht
Bryce Canyon6/20/1966Vitz
Canyonlands7/3/1995Martin A, Olson
Capitol Reef9/21/2001Vitz
Carlsbad Caverns4/22/2000Covill, Mitchler, O'Neill
Channel Islands2003Griffith
Congaree Swamp12/6/2003Mitchler, Tagliapietra
Crater Lake7/3/1986Tagliapietra
Cuyahoga12/31/2002Griffith
Death Valley6/2/1946Johnson F
Denali7/4/1963Roach
Dry Tortugas11/2002Griffith
Everglades11/2002Covill - Dave and Beckie
Gates of the Arctic8/2004Greg Griffith
Glacier8/11/2003Covill, Earl, Packard, Worth
Glacier BayV
Grand Canyon9/30/1987Packard
Grand Teton8/4/1953Lilley
Great Basin11/12/1958Lilley
Great Sand Dunes10/15/2003Griffith
Great Smoky Mountains8/31/1958Schwartz
Guadalupe Mountains8/16/1971Schwartz
Haleakala6/1961Roach
Hawaii Volcanoes10/11/1969Lilley
Hot Springs6/12/1991Lobdell
Isle Royale8/30/1994Mitchler John, Kurt
Joshua Tree3/27/1965Schuler
Katmai8/11/2004Greg Griffith, Gerry Roach, Jobe Wymore
Kenai Fjords6/13/2005Covill, Mitchler
Kings Canyon7/2/1952Lilley
Kobuk ValleyV
Lake ClarkV
Lassen Volcano8/31/1947Lilley
Mammoth Cave4/18/1998Jones family
Mesa Verde7/15/1962Martin B
Mount Rainier8/2/1950Johnson F
North Cascades7/6/1976Roper
Olympic8/21/1961Lilley
Petrified Forest7/18/1994Martin A
Pinnacles09/30/1968Schwartz
Redwood6/26/1999Jones - Ken and Evan
Rocky Mountain6/17/1948Johnson F
Saguaro3/30/1980Martin B
Samoa6/19/2005Roach
Sequoia8/31/1943Johnson F
Shenandoah8/31/1958Schwartz
Theodore Roosevelt8/13/1998Tagliapietra
Virgin Islands2/1987Covill
Voyageurs9/13/2002Vitz
Wind Cave9/14/1991Schweiker
Wrangell-Saint Elias6/30/1972Lilley
Yellowstone9/3/2000Covill, Packard
Yosemite7/19/1950Lilley
Zion7/31/1993Martin A


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