Arizona's Top 100 Peaks by Prominence : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Overview

This page features the top 100 Arizona Peaks by prominence. Many have SummitPost pages, a lot do not. The Top 50 - "The Fifty Finest" - is a popular goal among hikers and climbers in the state. Those seeking the 2,000-foot prominences will be interested in all peaks down to spot 73. Finally, the remaining peaks in the top 100 are listed. Curiously, many of these do not have SummitPost pages... yet...

I will be creating lists for the remaining peaks very soon, plus adding photos and some color.

12/29/06 - still working on the page...
1/2/07 - added a map, still want to add some more stuff...
1/3/07 - added some info on the obscure peaks, fixed some goofs, still tweaking the page.
2/27/07 - added some more links to newly created pages.
3/8/07 - more linkage.
3/20/07 - Yet more linkage, clean-up.
8/15/07 - More linking.
9/17/07 - Re-ordering of some peaks based on updated figures.
1/25/08 - More attaching of pages
2/26/08 - Ditto
4/23/08 - Same
4/17/09 - Added "Hall of Fame"
7/12/10 - Added links, deleted some others.
4/5/11 - added more links.
10/28/11 - More links.
12/16/11 - That linking thing again.
11/5/12 - Spiffed up the leaders section
2/20/13 - General updating

The Top 50 • Mountains Ranked 1-50 by Prominence

The top 50 mountains in Arizona, by prominence. This list is courtesy of Aaron Maizlish's site at this link. A number of people have submitted information to Aaron's list and the list changes as more detailed information comes in - sometimes a peak will move up or down a notch when a more exact prominence figure is determined. Each peak is linked to its summitpost page or in rare cases, to my own report at www.surgent.net. Those without links do not have (yet) summitpost pages.

Rank	Peak Name	Elevation	Prominence	Range	County
1	Mount Graham	10,720	6,340	Pinaleno	Graham
2	Humphreys Peak	12,633	6,039	San Francisco	Coconino
3	Mount Lemmon	9,157	5,177	Catalina	Pima
4	Chiricahua Peak	9,759	5,149	Chiricahua	Cochise
5	Miller Peak	9,466	5,011	Huachuca	Cochise
6	Baldy Peak	11,420	4,728	White	Apache - White Mtn/Apache IR
7	Mica Mountain	8,664	4,604	Rincon	Pima - Saguaro NP
8	Mount Wrightson	9,453	4,591	Santa Rita	Santa Cruz
9	Hualapai Peak	8,417	4,447	Hualapai	Mohave
10	Baboquivari Peak	7,734	4,204	Baboquivari	Pima - Tohono O'odham IR
11	Pinal Peak	7,848	4,086	Pinal	Gila
12	Mazatzal Peak	7,903	3,963	Mazatzal	Gila/Yavapai
13	Mount Tipton	7,148	3,638	Cerbat	Mohave
14	Kaibab Plateau HP	9,220	3,610	Kaibab Plateau	Coconino
15	Mount Turnbull	8,282	3,582	Santa Teresa	Graham - San Carlos IR
16	Signal Peak	4,877	3,487	Kofa	Yuma
17	Harquahala Mountain	5,681	3,471	Harquahala	La Paz
18	Browns Peak	7,657	3,317	Mazatzal	Maricopa/Gila
19	Dos Cabezas Peaks	8,354	3,244	Dos Cabezas	Cochise
20	Mount Wilson	5,445	3,225	Black	Mohave
21	Sierra Estrella	4,512	3,217	Estrella	Maricopa
22	Roof Butte	9,820	3,170	Chuska	Apache - Navajo IR
23	Bassett Peak	7,663	3,133	Galiuro	Graham
24	Crossman Peak	5,100	3,120	Mojave	Mohave
25	Mount Trumbull	8,029	2,974	Uinkaret	Mohave
26	Mount Union	7,979	2,949	Bradshaw	Yavapai
27	Woodchute Mountain	7,860	2,930	Black Hills	Yavapai
28	Mount Bangs	8,012	2,912	Virgin	Mohave
29-T	Apache Peak	7,711	2,899	Whetstone	Cochise
29-T	Mount Glenn	7,519	2,899	Dragoon	Cochise
31	Smith Peak	5,242	2,797	Harcuvar	La Paz
32	Pastora Peak	9,407	2,707	Carrizo	Apache - Navajo IR
33	Mount Ajo	4,808	2,703	Ajo	Pima - Tohono O'odham IR
34	Mts Ballard/Fissure	7,370	2,680	Mule	Cochise
35	Gu Achi Peak	4,556	2,646	Santa Rosa	Pima - Tohono O'odham IR
36	Apache Peaks	6,940	2,600	Blackjack	Gila
37	Newman Peak	4,506	2,531	Picacho	Pinal
38	White Tank Mountains	4,083	2,513	White Tank	Maricopa
39	Pinnacle Ridge	7,550	2,490	Santa Teresa	Graham
40-T	Kendrick Peak	10,418	2,488	S. F. Volcanic Field	Coconino
40-T	Aztec Peak	7,748	2,488	Ancha	Gila
42	Keystone Peak	6,188	2,458	Sierrita	Pima
43	Mount Ord	7,128	2,428	Mazatzal	Maricopa/Gila
44	Guthrie Peak	6,571	2,401	N. Peloncillo	Greenlee
45	Maple Peak	8,294	2,394	Sierra Aguilada	Greenlee
46	Escudilla Mountain	10,912	2,382	White	Apache
47	Reiley Peak	7,660	2,360	Winchester	Graham
48	Coyote Peak	6,529	2,349	Coyote	Pima
49	Table Top	4,373	2,338	Table Top	Pinal
50	Sheep Mountain	3,156	2,331	Gila	Yuma

Peaks 51-73 • Mountains above 2,000 ft of Prominence

Here are the remaining 23 peaks that comprise the set of 73 peaks in Arizona with at least 2,000 feet of prominence. Again, the bulk of the information is derived from Aaron Maizlish's fine list at this link.

Rank	Peak Name	Elevation	Prominence	Range	County
51	Bill Williams Mountain	9,256	2,306	Bill Williams	Coconino
52	Rincon Peak	8,482	2,302	Rincon	Pima
53	Bryce Mountain	7,298	2,233	Gila	Graham
54	Duncan BM (Grand Wash Cliffs)	6,769	2,219	Grand Wash Cliffs	Mohave - Hualapai IR
55	Peloncillo Mountains	6,540	2,213	Peloncillo	Cochise
56	Weaver Peak*	6,574	2,154	Weaver	Yavapai
57	Cunningham Mountain	3,316	2,146	Dome Rock	La Paz
58	Mohawk Mountains HP	2,775	2,143	Mohawk	Yuma
59	Wasson Peak	4,687	2,122	Tucson	Pima - Saguaro NP
60	Peacock Peak	6,292	2,112	Peacock	Mohave
61	Castle Dome Peak	3,788	2,098	Castle Dome	Yuma
62	Kitt Peak	6,880	2,092	Quinlan	Pima - Tohono O'odham IR
63	Woolsey Peak	3,171	2,081	Gila Bend	Maricopa
64	Pine Mountain	6,814	2,074	Verde Rim	Yavapai
65	Mohon Peak	7,499	2,064	Mohon	Yavapai
66	Harcuvar Peak	4,618	2,048	Harcuvar	La Paz
67	Mount Perkins	5,456	2,046	Black	Mohave
68	Swisshelm Mountain	7,185	2,045	Swisshelm	Cochise
69	South Mountain	4,170	2,040	South	Pima - Tohono O'odham IR
70	Mae West Peaks	6,726	2,036	Little Dragoon	Cochise
71	Silver Peak	8,008	2,028	Portal	Cochise
72	Turtle Mountain	7,004	2,024	Turtle	Graham
73	Sierra Pinta	2,950	2,020	Pinta	Yuma

* Denotes a non-SP page

Peaks 74 - 100 • Rounding Out the Top 100

This list rounds out the top 100 peaks by prominence in Arizona. Surprisingly few have Summitpost Pages and many are not very well known peaks at all. A few, however, are popular hikes. A couple are extremely tough customers: Eagletail Peak involves some fairly hairy exposed climbing, while Vishnu Temple is actually an eroded formation completely within the Grand Canyon, reguiring a hefty downhike just to get to it, then some technical climbing to achieve its top. This list is the result of a compilation by Andy Martin, et al, at this link.

Rank	Peak Name	Elevation	Prominence	Range	County
74	Cimarron Peak	4,124	1,984	Cimarron	Pima - Tohono O'odham IR
75	Mount Devine	4,783	1,983	Comobabi	Pima - Tohono O'odham IR
76	Copper Mountains HP	2,888	1,968	Copper	Yuma
77	Atascosa Peak	6,422	1,960	Atascosa	Santa Cruz
78	Sitgreaves Mountain	9,389	1,949	S. F. Volcanic Field	Coconino
79	Towers Mountain	7,628	1,948	Bradshaw	Yavapai
80	San Cayetano Peak	6,007	1,924	San Cayetano	Santa Cruz
81	Silver Bell Peak	4,261	1,921	Silver Bell	Pima
82	Cathedral Rock	7,957	1,917	Catalina	Pima
83	Cochise Head	8,113	1,913	Chiricahua	Cochise
84	Huachuca Peak	8,410	1,910	Huachuca	Cochise
85	Black Mountain	5,587	1,907	Black	Pinal
86	Buckskin Mountain	3,917	1,887	Buckskin	La Paz
87	Eagletail Peak	3,300	1,880	Eagletail	Maricopa
88	Mitchell Peak	7,951	1,831	White	Greenlee
89	Cabeza Prieta Mountains	2,830	1,830	Cabeza Prieta	Yuma
90	Superstition Mountains HP	5,057	1,817	Superstition	Pinal
91	Vishnu Temple	7,533	1,813	Grand Canyon	Coconino
92	El Capitan Mountains	6,568	1,808	El Capitan	Gila
93	Black Mesa	8,168	1,808	Black Mesa	Navajo
94	Whitlock Mountains HP	5,682	1,782	Whitlock	Graham
95	O'Leary Peak	8,938	1,778	S. F. Volcanic Field	Coconino
96	Saddle Mountain	3,037	1,777	Saddle	Maricopa
97	Mount Nutt	5,216	1,777	Black	Mohave
98	West Cedar	5,489	1,769		Yavapai
99	Mesquite Mountains HP	3,789	1,769	Mesquite	Pima
100	Mount Dellenbaugh	7,072	1,752	Shivwitz	Mohave

The 1,000-foot Prominence Peak List

A complete listing of the 430+ peaks in Arizona that exceed 1,000 feet prominence:

Arizona's P1000 List

Reference Map

The map below is a guide to the location of the Arizona P2K peaks (#1-73).

Poor Navajo County has just one top-100 prominent peak, but nothing above 2,000-feet of prominence.

A better map showing landforms and lineages can be found here.

Hall of Fame

The following is a list of completers of this list, subdivided into three categories: The Top 50, the 73 P2Ks, and the top 100. Dates are provided if known. This list is an amalgam of information from peakbagger.com and listsofjohn.com and rely on people entering their own information.

Top 50 (Fifty Finest)
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Bob Packard (12/1/03)
John Vitz
Bob Martin
Dave Jurasevich
Barb Lilley (2008)
Andy Bates (5/18/2000)
Andy Martin (2/1/2003)
Mark Nichols
John Hamann (4/9/2009)
Scott Casterlin (2009)

AZ P2Ks (Top 73)
(* excludes Mt Turnbull)
(Dynamic list: AZ P2K FR at Peakbagger.com
(As of April 2013)
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73 Bob Packard (2/24/04)
73 Andy Bates
73 John Hamann (2009)
73 Andy Martin (c. 2004)
73 Scott Casterlin (2009)
72 Mark Nicholls*
72 John Vitz*
70+ Bob Martin

69 Gordon Macleod
67 Scott Surgent
62 Scott Peavy
57 Ken Jones
53 Richard Carey
51 Scott Kelley
50+ Dave Jurasevich, Doug Kasian
45 Adam Helman
41 Eric Kassan
31 Chris Gilsdorf

Both Jurasevich and Kasian are long-time AZ hikers with hundreds of peaks to their credit. They do not post on the lostsofjohn nor peakbagger sites. Their numbers of P2K is probably at or near 70 for each.

Top 100
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100 Bob Packard (4/24/04)
100 Andy Bates
99 Andy Martin
98 Mark Nicholls
96 "rockinstraw"
92 John Vitz
89 Bob Martin

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