Four-thousand footers

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use mdy dates The Four-thousand footers (sometimes abbreviated 4ks<ref>NH Family Hikes</ref>) are a group of forty-eight mountains in New Hampshire at least Template:Convert above sea level. To qualify for inclusion a peak must also meet the more technical criterion of topographic prominence important in the mountaineering sport of peak-bagging.

The White Mountains Four Thousand Footers List was established by the Appalachian Mountain Club in 1957.Template:Sfn The AMC calls it the White Mountains List, but others call it the New Hampshire List because it does not include Old Speck Mountain (4,170 ft) in Maine, which is outside the White Mountain National Forest but within the White Mountains.

The AMC has also maintained a list of New England 4000 Footers, all falling within Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, since 1964.Template:Sfn Other lists of 4000-footers not maintained by the AMC include the original set of 4,000-foot mountains for peak-bagging: the 46 High Peaks in the Adirondacks.Template:Sfn

The AMC has revised its 4000-footer lists as surveying became more accurate or the selection criteria were adjusted, with the White Mountains list growing from 46 peaks in the 1950s to 48 in 1982. The proper inclusion or exclusion of several peaks is still a matter of some dispute.

The 48 lie in the White Mountain National Forest, within two northern counties of New Hampshire: Coos and Grafton. All peaks except those of Mount Washington, Mount Moosilauke and Cannon Mountain are on land owned by the Forest Service, and these three are almost completely surrounded by it.

Prominence

A topographic prominence criterion is applied to exclude high points which are considered subsidiary peaks of a larger mountain. The definition of topographic prominence is the vertical separation between a peak and the low point of the highest ridge connecting it to a higher one. In practical terms, prominence is the minimum distance a hiker must descend before ascending a higher peak.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Four Thousand Footer club

A committee of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) sets the criteria and collects information verifying that peaks meet them. It also maintains a list of the Four Thousand Footer Club's self-declared members, who request recognition for having ascended on foot all of the 48. The first of these was compiled in 1958.

There are numerous variations in completing the Four Thousand Footer list. For example, the AMC maintains a roster of those making ascents between the winter solstice and spring equinox. Another not officially recorded is reaching each summit twelve times, once in each of the twelve months, in any calendar order. This is known as The Grid. Template:As of, the feat has been claimed by 68 individuals.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The New Hampshire list

New Hampshire Four Thousand Footers are listed below in descending order of their elevations. Some of these names do not appear on maps, and some alternative names are indicated below. Template:Div col

1. Washington: Template:Convert AT*
2. Adams: Template:Convert AT**
3. Jefferson: Template:Convert AT**
4. Monroe: Template:Convert AT**
5. Madison: Template:Convert AT*
6. Lafayette: Template:Convert AT*
7. Lincoln: Template:Convert AT*
8. South Twin: Template:Convert AT*
9. Carter Dome: Template:Convert AT*
10. Moosilauke: Template:Convert AT*
11. Eisenhower: Template:Convert AT**
12. North Twin: Template:Convert
13. Carrigain: Template:Convert
14. Bond: Template:Convert
15. Middle Carter: Template:Convert AT*
16. West Bond: Template:Convert
17. Garfield: Template:Convert AT**
18. Liberty: Template:Convert AT**
19. South Carter: Template:Convert AT*
20. Wildcat: Template:Convert AT*
21. Hancock: Template:Convert
22. South Kinsman: Template:Convert ("South Peak") AT*
23. Field: Template:Convert
24. Osceola: Template:Convert
25. Flume: Template:Convert
26. South Hancock: Template:Convert
27. Pierce: Template:Convert AT*
28. North Kinsman: Template:Convert ("North Peak") AT*
29. Willey: Template:Convert
30. Bondcliff: Template:Convert ("The Cliffs")
31. Zealand: Template:Convert ("Zealand Ridge") AT**
32. North Tripyramid: 4180 ft ("North Peak")
33. Cabot: Template:Convert
34. East Osceola: Template:Convert ("East Peak")
35. Middle Tripyramid: Template:Convert
36. Cannon: Template:Convert
37. Wildcat D: Template:Convert ("Wildcat Ridge") AT*
38. Hale: Template:Convert
39. Jackson: Template:Convert AT*
40. Tom: Template:Convert
41. Moriah: Template:Convert AT**
42. Passaconaway: Template:Convert
43. Owl's Head: Template:Convert
44. Galehead: Template:Convert AT**
45. Whiteface: Template:Convert
46. Waumbek: Template:Convert
47. Isolation: Template:Convert
48. Tecumseh: Traditionally Template:Convert, resurveyed July 2019 Template:Convert<ref>NHPR, Feb. 26 2019: '4000-footer list may be changing'</ref>

AT* = Appalachian Trail passes over summit; AT** = AT passes near summit

The New England list

This list consists of the New Hampshire list, plus the following:

4000-Footers in Maine: Template:Div col

1. Katahdin (Baxter Peak): Template:Convert AT* (northern terminus)
2. Katahdin (Hamlin Peak): Template:Convert
3. Sugarloaf Mountain: Template:Convert AT**
4. Crocker Mountain: Template:Convert AT*
5. Old Speck: Template:Convert AT**
6. Mount Bigelow (West Peak): Template:Convert AT*
7. North Brother: Template:Convert
8. Saddleback Mountain : Template:Convert AT*
9. Mount Bigelow (Avery Peak): Template:Convert AT*
10. Mount Abraham: Template:Convert
11. South Crocker Mountain: Template:Convert AT*
12. Saddleback Mountain (the Horn): Template:Convert AT*
13. Mount Redington: Template:Convert
14. Spaulding Mountain: Template:Convert AT**

4000-Footers in Vermont:

1. Mount Mansfield: Template:Convert LT*
2. Killington Peak: Template:Convert AT** LT**
3. Camel's Hump: Template:Convert LT*
4. Mount Ellen: Template:Convert LT*
5. Mount Abraham: Template:Convert LT*

LT* = Long Trail passes over summit; LT** = LT passes near summit

See also

• Adirondack High Peaks (Adirondack Forty-sixers)
• List of New England Fifty Finest
• List of New England Hundred Highest
• List of Quebec 1000 meter peaks
• Northeast 111 4000-footers

Notes

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References

• Smith, Steven; Dickerman, Mike (2001). The 4,000 Footers of the White Mountains. Littleton: Bondcliff Books. Template:ISBN.
• Gene Daniell and Steven D. Smith (editors) (2003). AMC White Mountain Guide, 27th edition. Appalachian Mountain Club Books. Template:ISBN.
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External links

• The Four Thousand Footer Club (official site)
• AMC Four Thousand Footers web page
• Interactive Map of the New Hampshire 4000 footers
• The White Mountains 4000 Footer Grid
• NH 4000 Footers, including weather, trail maps, and current trail conditions