U.S. State High Points Project 2014-2022

PanShiBo

From the top of North America to the top of a trailer park in suburban Delaware, this collection of 50 mountains and otherwise obscure places quite possibly ranks as America's most unique peakbagging list.

https://www.summitpost.org/u-s-state-highpoints/171191

1	Alaska	Denali	6,190
2	California	Mount Whitney	4,419
3	Colorado	Mount Elbert	4,399
4	Washington	Mount Rainier	4,392
5	Wyoming	Gannett Peak	4,207
6	Hawaii	Mauna Kea	4,205
7	Utah	Kings Peak	4,123
8	New Mexico	Wheeler Peak	4,011
9	Nevada	Boundary Peak	4,005
10	Montana	Granite Peak	3,901
11	Idaho	Borah Peak	3,859
12	Arizona	Humphreys Peak	3,851
13	Oregon	Mount Hood	3,426
14	Texas	Guadalupe Peak	2,667
15	South Dakota	Black Elk Peak	2,204
16	North Carolina	Mount Mitchell	2,037
17	Tennessee	Clingmans Dome	2,025
18	New Hampshire	Mount Washington	1,917
19	Virginia	Mount Rogers	1,746
20	Nebraska	Panorama Point	1,655
21	New York	Mount Marcy	1,629
22	Maine	Katahdin	1,606
23	Oklahoma	Black Mesa	1,516
24	West Virginia	Spruce Knob	1,482
25	Georgia	Brasstown Bald	1,458
26	Vermont	Mount Mansfield	1,339
27	Kentucky	Black Mountain	1,262
28	Kansas	Mount Sunflower	1,231
29	South Carolina	Sassafras Mountain	1,083
30	North Dakota	White Butte	1,069
31	Massachusetts	Mount Greylock	1,063
32	Maryland	Backbone Mountain	1,024
33	Pennsylvania	Mount Davis	979
34	Arkansas	Magazine Mountain	839
35	Alabama	Cheaha Mountain	733
36	Connecticut	Mount Frissell-South Slope	726
37	Minnesota	Eagle Mountain	701
38	Michigan	Mount Arvon	603
39	Wisconsin	Timms Hill	595
40	New Jersey	High Point	550
41	Missouri	Taum Sauk Mountain	540
42	Iowa	Hawkeye Point	509
43	Ohio	Campbell Hill	472
44	Indiana	Hoosier Hill	383
45	Illinois	Charles Mound	376
46	Rhode Island	Jerimoth Hill	247
47	Mississippi	Woodall Mountain	246
48	Louisiana	Driskill Mountain	163
49	Delaware	Ebright Azimuth	137
50	Florida	Britton Hill	105

Map here: https://bit.ly/3xO7Dzl

PanShiBo

Mount Rainier (4,392 m) - 2014 - Our first peak from the List, 49 to go

..is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington and the Cascade Range, the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States, and the tallest in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier

Route: Emmons Glacier
Dates: 2014.07.08 - 2014.07.10












Bivy at Camp Curtis


Moving to camp Schurman


Let's go!


On the summit!


Camp Schurman

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Ready to go....

PanShiBo

Mount Whitney, CA  (4,421 m) - 2015 - Our 2nd peak from the List, 48 to go

..the highest mountain in the contiguous United States..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Whitney

Route: The Mountaineer's Route
Dates: 2015.03.13 - 2015.03.16

Mount Whitney and US flag from Lone Pine



Ready to go!


Protect early, protect often.


Day 2 Leaving Lower Boyscout Lake


En route to Iceberg Lake


Moutnt Whitney as seen from trail








Day 3 sunrise


Alpenglow on Whitney






On the summit!




Going down

PanShiBo

Boundary Peak (4,007 m), Nevada 2022.07.01

.. is the tallest independent mountain within Nevada...

vera

Boundary Peak : 好事多磨, 一切尽是天意😁

vera

2022.07.04 0851hr
At the summit of Wheeler Peak(4,011m), New Mexico , our 11th US state high point. 39 to go.

PanShiBo

2022.07.08 Gannett Peak (4,210 m), the highest peak in Wyoming

* 100km round trip. 5 days /4 nights/ .
* 43lb+ 35lb backpacking and  climbing gear, no porters, no guides.
* Longer than WCT, harder than Rainier.
* Our 12th US State High Point, 38 to go.














The summit ridge with the peak at the back


From rock to snow



Back on easy grounds


Our High Camp


45 km still to go

vera

2022.7.19 1432hr

At the summit of Granite Peak, 3901m, the highest peak in Montana

PanShiBo

2022.07.19 Granite Peak, Montana,  our 13th U.S. State High Point, 37 to go.

50 km round trip, 3 days, 2nights

The highest natural point in the U.S. state of Montana, and the tenth-highest state high point in the nation..Granite Peak is often considered the second most difficult state high point to climb after Denali in Alaska, due to technical climbing, poor weather, and route finding.

Camped at Sandy camp on FTD, winds 65mph all night, subdued only late morning, so we left at 7:30a.m. just to check how far we could get, hoping as far as "the notch". We set turn back time 2pm. However the conditions were good we followed route research done prior, and were on top at 2:10pm. Blue sky, zero wind. Back at camp exactly at sunset. We saw no other people and also only 2 goats, who were after "the minerals". Perfect trip.


We have to cross this snow just before the rock part, and then once again, after


Chimneys, ledges, chutes, cracks and traverses on the way up








Five rappels down..