Official VRMC List

The VRMC California Thirteeners list was developed independently from the other lists of the highest California peaks published on SummitPost.org. The VRMC list was the first such list published on the web (February 2000), it originates from a much more thorough analysis of the available data, and it has been continuously updated over the past 10 years as new data became available. As a list of Thirteeners, it automatically incorporates a list of California Fourteeners as well as the Hundred Highest Mountains of California.

The VRMC site includes pages describing the methodology as well as a separate list of interesting peaks that currently fail the VRMC criteria for inclusion (e.g., saddle depth less than 300'). You may also register there to keep track of your progress toward finishing the list.

There are still 23 mountains on the list (marked with asterisks) that are not yet represented here at SummitPost.org. I’ve already added descriptions for 18 that I’ve climbed, but I would encourage other California peakbaggers out there to help complete this task.

California Thirteeners

Rank	Peak Name	Official Elevation	Saddle Depth
1	Mt. Whitney	14,491' or 4417m	300m+
2	Mt. Williamson	14,375' or 4382m	300m+
3	White Mountain Peak	14,246' or 4342m	300m+
4	North Palisade	14,242' or 4341m	300m+
5	Mt. Shasta	14,162' or 4317m	300m+
6	Mt. Sill	14,153' or 4314m	387'
7	Mt. Russell	14,088' or 4294m	300m+
8	Split Mountain	14,058' or 4285m	300m+
9	Mt. Langley	14,026' or 4275m	300m+
10	Mt. Tyndall	14,018' or 4273m	300m+
11	Middle Palisade	14,012' or 4271m	300m+
12	Mt. Barnard	13,990' or 4264m	968'
13	Mt. Humphreys	13,986' or 4263m	300m+
14	Mt. Keith	13,975' or 4260m	300m+
15	Mt. Stanford (South)	13,973' or 4259m	300m+
16	UTM662058	13,962' or 4256m	302'
17	Trojan Peak	13,947' or 4251m	738'
18	Mt. LeConte	13,930' or 4246m	300m+
19	“Mt. Morgenson”	13,927' or 4245m	302' (279' to 344' by contours)
20	Mt. Agassiz	13,893' or 4235m	853'
21	Junction Peak	13,888' or 4233m	774'
22	Norman Clyde Peak	13,855' or 4223m	344' (272' to 338' by contours)
23	Mt. Mallory	13,845' or 4220m	463'
24	CalTech Peak	13,832' or 4216m	551'
25	Mt. Darwin	13,831' or 4216m	300m+
26	Mt. Kaweah	13,802' or 4207m	300m+
27	Mt. McAdie	13,799' or 4206m	538'
28	Mt. Winchell	13,775' or 4199m	669'
29	Mt. Morgan (South)	13,748' or 4190m	300m+
30	Mt. Gabb	13,741' or 4188m	300m+
31	Bear Creek Spire	13,740' or 4188m	300m+
32	Red Kaweah	13,737' or 4187m	702'
33	UTM829540	13,724' or 4183m	486'
34	Mt. Mendel	13,710' or 4179m	554'
35	Mt. Abbot	13,704' or 4177m	896'
36	Black Kaweah	13,680' or 4170m	557'
37	Midway Mountain	13,664' or 4165m	300m+
38	“Second Kaweah”	13,661' or 4164m	545'
39	Mt. Tom	13,652' or 4161m	300m+
40	Milestone Mountain	13,638' or 4157m	758'
41	Table Mountain	13,632' or 4155m	541'
42	Mt. Ericsson	13,615' or 4150m	300m+
43	UTM882683	13,615' or 4150m	385'
44	Birch Mountain	13,602' or 4146m	300m+
45	University Peak	13,589' or 4142m	300m+
46	“Ed Lane Peak”*	13,576' or 4138m	892'
47	Mt. Brewer	13,570' or 4136m	300m+
48	Mt. Goddard	13,568' or 4136m	300m+
49	Tunnabora Peak	13,563' or 4134m	610'
50	Mt. Dubois	13,559' or 4133m	300m+
51	Palisade Crest	13,553' or 4131m	620'
52	“Milestone Mesa”*	13,547' or 4129m	581'
53	UTM794568	13,540' or 4127m	446'
54	Thunder Mountain	13,533' or 4125m	564'
55	Cloudripper	13,525' or 4122m	896'
56	“Squaretop”*	13,524' or 4122m	302' (262' to 394' by contours)
57	Mt. Gayley	13,510' or 4118m	453'
58	Mt. Fiske	13,503' or 4116m	813'
59	Mt. Hale	13,494' or 4113m	659'
60	Mt. Pinchot	13,494' or 4113m	300m+
61	Mt. Thompson	13,494' or 4113m	300m+
62	Mt. Bolton Brown	13,491' or 4112m	574'
63	Mt. Pickering	13,474' or 4107m	883'
64	Mt. Versteeg	13,470' or 4106m	335' (281' to 347' by contours)
65	“Twelve Flags Peak”	13,468' or 4105m	340'
66	UTM515178	13,464' or 4104m	859'
67	Mt. Mills	13,451' or 4100m	509'
68	Montgomery Peak	13,441' or 4097m	300m+
69	Mt. Newcomb*	13,422' or 4091m	604'
70	Mt. Haeckel	13,418' or 4090m	514'
71	“Keyhole Plateau”	13,404' or 4086m	328' (284' to 324' by contours)
72	Cardinal Mountain	13,396' or 4083m	600'
73	Mt. Jepson	13,390' or 4081m	390'
74	“Mt. Steven Jay Gould”	13,385' or 4080m	357'
75	“The Cleaver”	13,383' or 4079m	374'
76	Kaweah Queen*	13,382' or 4079m	541'
77	Mt. Wallace	13,377' or 4077m	349'
78	“Vagabond Peak”	13,374' or 4076m	349'
79	UTM809631*	13,366' or 4074m	358' (262' to 394' by contours)
80	“Point Powell”*	13,366' or 4074m	358'
81	Mt. Powell	13,364' or 4073m	545'
82	Mt. Hilgard	13,361' or 4072m	886'
83	The Thumb	13,356' or 4071m	610'
84	Mt. Jordan	13,344' or 4067m	667'
85	Black Giant	13,330' or 4063m	300m+
86	Joe Devel Peak*	13,327' or 4062m	449'
87	North Guard	13,327' or 4062m	568'
88	Royce Peak	13,294' or 4052m	909'
89	Black Mountain (South)	13,291' or 4051m	300m+
90	Picture Puzzle	13,291' or 4051m	640'
91	UTM698439*	13,284' or 4049m	889'
92	Mt. McDuffie	13,282' or 4048m	719'
93	Deerhorn Mountain	13,281' or 4048m	666'
94	“Crumbly Spire”*	13,267' or 4044m	301' (267' to 307' by contours)
95	Aperture Peak	13,265' or 4043m	341'
96	Mt. Bradley	13,264' or 4043m	814'
97	Mt. Goethe	13,264' or 4043m	928'
98	“Mt. Tom Ross”	13,253' or 4040m	541'
99	Gendarme Peak	13,252' or 4039m	312' (292' to 332' by contours)
100	Feather Peak	13,242' or 4036m	755'
101	“South Basin Peak”	13,240' or 4036m	507'
102	South Guard	13,232' or 4033m	531'
103	UTM485400*	13,232' or 4033m	358' (280' to 360' by contours)
104	UTM692591*	13,228' or 4032m	489'
105	“Mt. Carl Heller”	13,225' or 4031m	495'
106	Mt. Julius Caesar	13,219' or 4029m	479'
107	Mt. Warlow	13,206' or 4025m	561'
108	Mt. Emerson	13,204' or 4025m	791'
109	“Ruby Peak”	13,188' or 4020m	475'
110	UTM690535*	13,186' or 4019m	607'
111	Mt. Hitchcock*	13,186' or 4019m	463'
112	Acrodectes Peak*	13,182' or 4018m	300m+
113	Basin Mountain	13,181' or 4018m	443'
114	Mt. Wynne	13,179' or 4017m	374'
115	Striped Mountain*	13,179' or 4017m	541'
116	Mt. Young	13,176' or 4016m	387'
117	UTM528173	13,172' or 4015m	318' (292' to 332' by contours)
118	Mt. Chamberlin*	13,169' or 4014m	413'
119	Mt. Ritter	13,143' or 4006m	300m+
120	“Picture Peak”	13,140' or 4005m	305' (240' to 320' by contours)
121	Mt. Baxter	13,136' or 4004m	614'
122	Red Slate Mountain	13,136' or 4004m	300m+
123	Diamond Peak	13,127' or 4001m	886'
124	“Checkered Demon”	13,121' or 3999m	523'
125	Mt. Lyell	13,114' or 3997m	300m+
126	Mt. Gilbert	13,106' or 3995m	452'
127	UTM722049*	13,104' or 3994m	682'
128	Merriam Peak	13,103' or 3994m	882'
129	Charybdis	13,096' or 3992m	300m+
130	Mt. Huxley	13,086' or 3989m	394'
131	Mt. Goode	13,085' or 3988m	922'
132	Seven Gables	13,080' or 3987m	300m+
133	UTM888455*	13,074' or 3985m	518'
134	UTM762773*	13,071' or 3984m	518'
135	“Twin Peaks”*	13,061' or 3981m	456'
136	Mt. Dana	13,057' or 3980m	300m+
137	Mt. Genevra	13,054' or 3979m	509'
138	Mt. Mary Austin	13,051' or 3978m	509'
139	UTM542055*	13,041' or 3975m	322' (281' to 321' by contours)
140	Mt. Barcroft	13,040' or 3975m	463'
141	Mt. Solomons	13,034' or 3973m	591'
142	“Polychrome Peak”	13,018' or 3968m	509'
143	UTM574131*	13,012' or 3966m	400'
144	“Wheeler Peak”	13,012' or 3966m	535'
145	Mt. Gould	13,005' or 3964m	300m+
146	Kuna Peak	13,002' or 3963m	300m+
147	Mt. Morgan (North)	13,002' or 3963m	300m+