THE 1,000' PROMINENCE PEAKS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
		Discussion by Andy Martin


I. Completions
	Bob Sumner	2-18-2012	on Peak 6015


II. Death Valley list

(Charlie Winger)
>What are the 1K [Death Valley] peaks that you know of?
>I've done about 65 DV peaks.

	Charlie's question prompted me to draft this list,
	which is online at:
	http://oldadit.googlepages.com/Death_Valley.pdf	
	The 2K peaks came from my earlier CA work, for the
	remainder I relied on the CA TOPO! maps for topography,
	and the park service Backcountry Roads map for
	current park boundary.

	Aaron Maizlish's CA mountain atlas:
	   http://peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/CAmtnatlas.htm
	was very useful for checking my work and showing
	peaks I might have missed. 
	Aaron's White Mountain, Telescope, Charleston, and Jefferson
	groups were all looked at, as well as the Brown
	cell of the Whitney group.
	
	There are 51 peaks with "map proven" 1K prominence,
	and 3 more possibles. Fifteen of the peaks are on the
	Desert Peak Section list, so get climbed with some
	regularity. The others are probably visited less often.
	I don't recall any of these peaks having a road to the
	summit, so all will require some hiking.

	The DPS calls the summit block on Manly Peak
	"awkward Class 3" which some would read as low
	Class 4. I don't see any obvious pillars on maps
	for the other summits, but would be interested in knowing
	of Class 3 or higher pitches on the easiest routes
	for these peaks.


III. Other national parks

	Climbing the 2K peaks in the National Parks
	of the lower 48 would make an interesting project.
	Completing this list is probably not within the
	abilities of the average "weekend" hiker, given
	the technical problems of several WA and MT peaks. 

	Extending the project to all USA Parks will add
	so many peaks in Alaska of the Denali - Foraker -
	Huntington type that we can assume the full
	2K Park project is not completable. 

	Those who want to concentrate on smaller areas
	will find 1K Park lists useful - for example,
	I expect the Yosemite 1K list might get some takers.

	Some of the lower 48 1K Park lists will involve
	many technical peaks - for example the buttes 
	of the Grand Canyon, and the Temples of Zion.