Prominence Front Runners - United States Lists

Prominence Front Runners - United States Lists ^*

^* compiled by Andy Martin (May 2, 2008)

Prominence Leaders - USA States

48 Contiguous States - "America's Fifty Finest".

Cut point is 5,217 feet of prominence (Lassen Peak, California)

50!	50 Bob Packard - has climbed the first 69
	49 Bob Bolton, Duane Gilliland; 48 Edward Earl; 44 Charlie Winger, 43 Barbara Lilley, John Stolk;
	40 John Hamann, 39 Adam Helman, 38 Grant Myers, 37 Gerry Roach, Ken Jones; 36 Gordon MacLeod, Andy Martin; 35 Terry Richard
	34 John Vitz, 34 Dennis Poulin, 31 Bob Martin, 30 Richard Carey, 29 Dean Molen, 26 Scott Surgent

48 Contiguous States Top 100 Prominences.

Cut point is 4,382 feet of prominence (Mount Stimson, Montana)

100	96 Bob Packard; 84 John Stolk, 79 Edward Earl, 74 Bob Bolton, 72 John Vitz, 70 Ken Jones, 65 Andy Martin, 64 Duane Gilliland
	60 Gerry Roach, 56 Dennis Poulin, 50 Dean Molen, 49 Barbara Lilley, 43 Scott Surgent, 41 Gordon MacLeod

48 Contiguous States Top 200 Prominences. Cut point 3,650 feet of prominence (Indian Peak, Utah).

200

154 Bob Packard, 129 John Vitz, 125 Edward Earl, 110 Ken Jones, 109 Andy Martin, 105 John Stolk

48 Contiguous States Top 400 Prominences. Cut point 2,969 feet of prominence (Mount Trumbull, Arizona).

400

254 Bob Packard, John Vitz; 207 Ken Jones, 189 Edward Earl, 137 John Stolk

Largest Prominence in each State

50!	Bob Packard; 40 Andy Martin, 39 John Vitz, 32 Ken Jones
	26 Bill Schuler, 25 All state highpoint completers

Southwest States (NV, CA, UT, AZ, CO, NM)

Cut point is Abajo Peak (4,550+ feet of prominence).

	50!	John Vitz, Bob Packard; 49 Gordon MacLeod, Barbara Lilley; 48 John Stolk
		47 Andy Martin, 43 Edward Earl, 36 Bob Bolton, 34 Duane Gilliland
		31 Dean Molen, Mark Nichols; 30 Ken Jones, Scott Surgent; 25 Mark Nichols

Northwest States (WA, OR, ID, MT, WY)

Cut point is MT Old Baldy/Greathouse (4,061 feet of prominence).

42 Bob Packard, 37 Bob Bolton, John Stolk; 34 Ken Jones, 29 Duane Gilliland, 26 Edward Earl

Northeast States (VT, NH, ME, MA, CT, RI, NY)

50!	Roy Schweiker; 49 John Thompson, 47+ by the three
	completers of Northeast 3000-footer list of 770 peaks
54$	Roy Schweiker (hiked top 57 by prominence), 53 John Thompson

New England (VT, NH, ME, MA, CT, RI)

50!	Arthur Josephson, Roy Schweiker, Richard Garland; Pierre Lefebvre; 49 John Person, Dennis Crispo;
100!	Roy Schweiker
200	Roy Schweiker has completed the top 150

Southeast States (everything south of PA and east of the Mississippi River)

24$	24 Ron Tagliapietra, Andy Martin, Roy Schweiker; 22 Bob Packard
50	36 Andy Martin, 31 Bob Packard, 30+ Fred Lobdell; 30 Ron Tagliapietra

Western USA states

AK	50	10 Dave Hart, 4 Barbara Lilley
	(?)$	19 Dave Hart, 8 Gerry Roach

AZ	50!	Bob Packard, Bob Martin, Andy Bates, Andy Martin, Dave Jurasevich
		Mark Nichols@ [Turnbull] {14}, John Vitz@ [Turnbull] {14}, Barbara Lilley@ [Turnbull] {14}
		47 Gordon MacLeod, 46 John Hamann, 43 Doug Kasian, 41 Bob Moore
		40 Mark Adrian, 32 Scott Surgent, 26 Edward Earl, 22 Ken Jones
	73$	Bob Packard, Andy Martin, Andy Bates; 72 John Vitz, Mark Nichols
		70 Bob Martin; 67 Gordon MacLeod, Barbara Lilley, Dave Jurasevich; 62 John Hamann, 46 Richard Carey, 41 Scott Surgent
	100!	Bob Packard, Andy Bates; 99 Andy Martin, 98 Mark Nichols, 93 John Vitz,
		91 Bob Martin, 87 Barbara Lilley, 86 Gordon MacLeod, 81 Dave Jurasevich, 66 Pete Bengtson
	200	196 Bob Packard, 172 Mark Nichols, 152 John Vitz, 148 Bob Martin, 147 Andy Bates
	1K+ ft	415 Bob Packard, 343 Mark Nichols, 272 John Vitz, 265 Bob Martin,
		214 Barbara Lilley, Gordon MacLeod, Andy Bates

CA	50!	Gordon MacLeod and Barbara Lilley, John Vitz, Gail Hanna, Richard Carey, Edward Earl, Ken Jones
		46 Bob Packard, 42 Bill Schuler, 41 Adam Helman, 40 Dan Baxter, Andy Martin; 38 Fred Johnson
		37 Pete Yamagata, Dennis Poulin; 34 Mark Adrian
	100	98 Richard Carey, 96 Gail Hanna, 94 John Vitz, 91 Gordon MacLeod, Barbara Lilley; 83 Ken Jones, 76 Edward Earl
		69 Fred Johnson, 67 Bob Packard, 66 Andy Martin, 64 Dennis Poulin, 63 Pete Yamagata, 62 Dan Baxter
	164$	153 Richard Carey, 150 John Vitz, 144 Gail Hanna, 131 Gordon MacLeod and Barbara Lilley; 127 Ken Jones
		105 Terry Flood, 104 Edward Earl, Andy Martin; 103 Dennis Poulin, 100 Bob Packard, 99 Fred Johnson, 90 Pete Yamagata
		90 Dan Baxter, 88 Adam Helman, 85 Don Palmer
	1K+ ft	418 John Vitz, 207 Ken Jones, 191 all DPS-SPS-HPS Triple Listers

CO	50!	Bob Martin@ [Ute Peak {7}], 48 Mike Garratt, 45 Bob Packard, 43 Jack Dais, 42 Kirk Mallory, 41 Ken Nolan, Gerry Roach;
		33 Gary Swing, 31 John Vitz, 27 Barbara Lilley, Gordon MacLeod, John Kirk; 24 Charlie Winger
	80$	Bob Martin@ [Ute Peak {7}], 79 Bob Packard, 78 Mike Garratt, 60 Kirk Mallory, Jack Dais
		58 Ken Nolan, 55 Gerry Roach, 47 Gary Swing, 44 John Vitz
	100!	Bob Martin@ [Ute Peak {7}], 99 Mike Garratt, 98 Bob Packard, 73 Jack Dais, 71 Ken Nolan, Kiry Mallory
		69 Gerry Roach, 67 John Kirk, 64 Jennifer Roach, 62 Teresa Gergen, 57 Gary Swing
		53 Vince Kloster, 51 Charlie Winger, 50 John Collard, 48 John Vitz
	200	192 Bob Martin, 177 Mike Garrett, 134 Bob Packard
	1K+ ft	401 Mike Garratt, 354 Bob Martin, 200 Jack Dais, 198 Ken Nolan, Gerry Roach; 179 Bob Packard

6 Don Nelsen, 5 Bob Packard, John Mitchler. Local hikers can probably top this.

ID	50	28 Dan Robbins, 23 John Vitz, 22 Ken Jones, 19 Zach Vickery, 17 Dean Molen
		16 Bob Packard, 15 Bob Bolton
	100	39 John Vitz, 36 Dan Robbins, 33 Ken Jones, 19 Zach Vickery, Dean Molen

MT	50	47 Cedron Jones, 24 Bob Packard, 16 Tim Worth, 13 Jerry Brekhus, 12 Betty Brekhus
	145$	108 Cedron Jones

NM	50!	Mark Nichols@ [in WSMR: San Andres, Gardner, HP Mockingbird {24}]
		Andy Martin@ [in WSMR: Andres, Gardner, Mockingbird {24}]
		Scott Holzhauser@ [all 5 WSMR (including Salinas) + Animas and Redondo {8}]
		Melissa Rigg@ [3 in WSMR + Animas + Alegres]
		Bob Packard@ [in WSMR: San Andres, Gardner, HP Mockingbird]
		36 John Hamann, 32 John Vitz, 29 Scott Surgent, 28 Ken Jones
		27 Adam Helman, 26 Kirk Mallory, 24 Richard Carey, 20 Mouser Williams, 19 Edward Earl

	100	87 Mark Nichols, 75 Melissa Rigg
	1K+ ft	135 Mark Nichols, 98 Melissa Rigg

NV	50!	John Vitz, Gordon MacLeod, Barbara Lilley (all @ [Bald Mountain {29}])
		28 Andy Martin, 24 Bob Packard, 21 Pete Yamagata, Edward Earl
	100	97 John Vitz, 95 Gordon MacLeod, Barbara Lilley
	169$	166 John Vitz, 152 Gordon MacLeod, Barbara Lilley
	1K+ ft	261 John Vitz

OR	50!	Ken Jones, Dennis Poulin; 46 Bob Bolton, 43 John Vitz, Dean Molen; 25 Ted Braskett
	73$	Dennis Poulin; 66 Bob Bolton, 62 Ken Jones, Dean Molen, John Vitz

12 Andy Martin; 6 Bob Packard, Scott Surgent, Edward Earl, Adam Helman

UT	50	48 John Vitz, 45 Gordon MacLeod, Barbara Lilley; 34 Mark Nichols
		33 Mike Kelsey, Bob Martin; 29 Andy Martin, Donn Seeley; 28 Edward Earl, 27 Bob Packard
	81$(?)	74 John Vitz, 66 Gordon MacLeod, 65 Barbara Lilley, 36 Dean Molen
	100	84 John Vitz, 75 Gordon MacLeod, 74 Barbara Lilley, 50 Scott Patterson

WA	50!	John Roper; 49 Paul Klenke, 45 Andy Boos, 43 Grant Myers, 37 John Stolk
		32 Ken Jones, 27 Bob Bolton, 20 Jeff Howbert
	100!	John Roper; 98 Paul Klenke, 88 Grant Myers, Andy Boos; 69 Ken Jones, 67 John Stolk
		55 Bob Bolton, 50 Jeff Howbert
	144$	John Roper; 142 Paul Klenke, 127 Grant Myers, 119 Andy Boos
		96 Ken Jones, 80 John Stolk, 73 Jeff Howbert, 72 Bob Bolton
	200	182 John Roper, 158 Paul Klenke, 143 Grant Myers, 133 Andy Boos, 104 Ken Jones

WY	50	16 Jerry Brekhus, 14 Betty Brekhus, 10 Bob Packard, Tim Worth
		8 Parnell Taylor, 8 Barbara Lilley; 6 Gordon MacLeod, Edward Earl
	100	25 Mike Friedman

Eastern USA states

50!

Roy Schweiker, 47 "nebushwacker"; 42 Arthur Josephson

NC	50	31 Peter Barr, 20+ Ron Tagliapietra
	100	51 Peter Barr

NH	50!	Roy Schweiker
	100!	Roy Schweiker
	200!	Roy Schweiker (done top 250)

40+ People who have climbed the NY 3000-footers

14 Ron Tagliapietra

50!

8 Mike Schwartz

"FINEST" LEADERS, eastern states with less than 20 listed

MA	20 Roy Schweiker, Arthur Josephson
RI	15 of 15 with 200+ ft prominence - Roy Schweiker
DE	1 of 1 with 200+ ft prominence - Roy Schweiker

The Heartland States - 211 peaks with 500 feet proven prominence

200

Bill Schuler, 41 Hans Haustein

Explanation:

NM - WSMR = White Sands Missile Range.
NV - One of the 50 is Bald Mountain in infamous Area 51 - an actively patrolled "secret" military base.

New England - New England (VT, NH, ME, MA, CT, RI)
Northeast - Northeast states - New England + NY. In other words, everything north of PA and east of Mississippi river.
Southeast - Southeastern US - everything south of PA and east of Mississippi river.
Note that PA has no peaks that would make either NE or SE lists.
Heartland - ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, MN, WI, IL, MI, IN, OH, IA, MO, and AR.

48 continuous states - the 50 highest prominence peaks in the 48 contiguous states of the USA.
all 50 states - the 50 highest prominence peaks in each of the 50 states - one per state. State HP completers get 25.

50! - all of the top 50 peaks summited.
100! - all of the top 100 peaks summited.

@ - after name for "club rules" completers who did not summit peaks where "no trespassing" rules are
currently in effect all year long. In this case, the peak(s) that just missed the cut are added
to replace the one(s) with prohibited access. The peak(s) missing are listed in [].
{N} - the actual number of top N peaks climbed when "club rules" are applied for the N+1-st peak.
In essence the "club rules" completer finished the "top N" list rather than the original list.

$ - absolutely every 2000 ft prominence peak in this state was climbed, and the number listed is the
total number of 2000 ft prominence peaks in this state. Only states with 30 or more of these peaks
are tracked.

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