Apex Mountain Additions and Corrections
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| Redwic | Another Ranking Reference | |
Voted 10/10 | The book "Summit Routes: Washington's 100 Highest Peaks" (authored by Scott Stephenson and Brian Bongiovanni) lists Apex Mountain as the 100th-highest peak in Washington. The book uses the following criteria, for making that list: -> Summits must have at least 400' of clean prominence. -> No volcanic sub-peaks are used except Little Tahoma, due to its individual size and prominence. -> Seven-Fingered Jack and Blackcap Mountain were included because their clean prominence was within a small error margin that might make the 400' prominence criteria. Using these criteria, the book authors determined Apex Mountain is the 100th-highest peak in Washington. It is amazing how many different criteria there are to determine the highest peaks, mostly because of volcanic sub-peaks but also because of error margins. | |
| Posted May 23, 2011 5:59 pm | ||
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| gimpilator | Re: Another Ranking Reference | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you very much for citing this reference. I'm tempted to change the wording on this page back to it's original. | |
| Posted May 27, 2011 11:37 am | ||
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