Tracking my progress on the Colorado 14ers.

It’s stupid to have a checklist for things that could easily kill you, but Johnstons aren’t known for starting down a path and then stopping mid-stream…
14ers are mountains that rise above 14,000 feet here in Colorado.
Some are popular and easily accessible (Quandary Peak, Mount Evans, etc), some are more remote and inaccessible (Chicago Basin!).
Some are easy walk-up routes, some are serious climbing. No matter what, bring your A-game because Mother Nature has a lot of ways to kill you. HAPE (the major cause of high-altitude death), HACE, inattentiveness, selfie-stick, when it’s your time it’s your time…

It is not the mountains we conquer but ourselves.

~Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to ascend Mount Everest

45 Done
13 To Go
76.0% Complete
Last Update: 09/27/2023

Rank	Date	Name	Altitude	Range	GPX	Notes
1	2019-06-27	Mt. Elbert	14,433’	Sawatch Range
2	2019-06-30	Mt. Massive	14,421’	Sawatch Range
3	2021-09-25	Mt. Harvard	14,420’	Sawatch Range		camp and Columbia combo
4		Blanca Peak	14,345’	Sangre de Cristo
5	2019-07-01	La Plata Peak	14,336’	Sawatch Range
6	2022-08-28	Uncompahgre Peak	14,309’	San Juan
7		Crestone Peak	14,294’	Sangre de Cristo		7, 19, 37 combo
8	2018-08-17	Mt. Lincoln	14,286’	Mosquito Range
9	2017-08-17	Grays Peak	14,270’	Front Range
10	2022-05-27	Mt. Antero	14,269’	Sawatch Range
11	2017-08-17	Torreys Peak	14,267’	Front Range
12	2023-09-09	Castle Peak	14,265’	Elk Mountains
13	2017-07-15	Quandary Peak	14,265’	Tenmile Range
14	2018-08-20	Mt. Evans	14,264’	Front Range
15	2021-12-02	Longs Peak	14,255’	Front Range
16	2022-08-11	Mt. Wilson	14,252’	San Juan
*	2018-08-17	Mt. Cameron	14,238’	Mosquito Range
17	2021-11-21	Mt. Shavano	14,229’	Sawatch Range
18	2019-07-03	Mt. Belford	14,197’	Sawatch Range		18.26.36 combo
19		Crestone Needle	14,197’	Sangre de Cristo		7, 19, 37 combo
20	2021-09-24	Mt. Princeton	14,197’	Sawatch Range
21	2021-09-18	Mt. Yale	14,196’	Sawatch Range
22	2018-08-17	Mt. Bross	14,172’	Mosquito Range
23	2023-09-17	Kit Carson Peak	14,165’	Sangre de Cristo
*	2023-09-23	El Diente Peak	14,159’	San Juan
24		Maroon Peak	14,156’	Elk Mountains
25	2021-11-21	Tabeguache Peak	14,155’	Sawatch Range
26	2019-07-03	Mt. Oxford	14,153’	Sawatch Range		18.26.36 combo
27	2022-08-26	Mt. Sneffels	14,150’	San Juan
28	2018-08-17	Mt. Democrat	14,148’	Mosquito Range
29		Capitol Peak	14,130’	Elk Mountains
30	2021-07-15	Pikes Peak	14,110’	Front Range		Via Barr Trail
31		Snowmass Mountain	14,092’	Elk Mountains
32	2022-08-05	Mt. Eolus	14,083’	San Juan
33	2022-08-06	Windom Peak	14,082’	San Juan
34	2023-09-17	Challenger Point	14,081’	Sangre de Cristo
35	2021-09-25	Mt. Columbia	14,073’	Sawatch Range
36	2019-07-03	Missouri Mountain	14,067’	Sawatch Range		18.26.36 combo
37	2022-10-15	Humboldt Peak	14,064’	Sangre de Cristo		7, 19, 37 combo
38	2017-07-14	Mt. Bierstadt	14,060’	Front Range
*	2023-09-09	Conundrum Peak	14,060’	Elk Mountains
39	2022-08-06	Sunlight Peak	14,059’	San Juan
40	2019-08-21	Handies Peak	14,048’	San Juan
41	2019-07-14	Culebra Peak	14,047’	Sangre de Cristo
42		Ellingwood Point	14,042’	Sangre de Cristo
43		Mt. Lindsey	14,042’	Sangre de Cristo
*	2022-08-05	North Eolus	14,039’	San Juan
44		Little Bear Peak	14,037’	Sangre de Cristo
45	2017-08-18	Mt. Sherman	14,036’	Mosquito Range
46	2019-08-22	Redcloud Peak	14,034’	San Juan
47		Pyramid Peak	14,018’	Elk Mountains
48		Wilson Peak	14,017’	San Juan
49	2022-08-27	Wetterhorn Peak	14,015’	San Juan
50	2022-07-31	San Luis Peak	14,023’	San Juan
*		North Maroon Peak	14,014’	Elk Mountains
51	2023-10-07	Mt. of the Holy Cross	14,005’	Sawatch Range
52	2021-11-13	Huron Peak	14,003’	Sawatch Range
53	2019-08-22	Sunshine Peak	14,001’	San Juan

14er Ranking Caveats

* To be ranked, a peak must rise at least 300 feet above the saddle that connects it to the nearest 14er peak (if another exists nearby). 
This guideline has been in use in Colorado for some time.  The following peaks are not ranked because they do not fit this criteria, but they are on this 14er list because they are named and recognized on USGS maps:
Mt. Cameron – rises 138 feet above its saddle with Mt. Lincoln
El Diente – rises 259 feet above its saddle with Mt. Wilson
Conundrum Peak – rises 240 feet above its saddle with Castle Peak
North Eolus – rises 179 feet above its saddle with Mt. Eolus
North Maroon Peak – rises 234 feet above its saddle with Maroon Peak

Elevation and Rank data from 14ers.com