ALASKA & HAWAII P1500s - the Ultras

64 Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or more (Alaska)

6 Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or more (Hawaii)

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Compiled 1999-2004 variously by Edward Earl, Adam Helman, Aaron Maizlish, Andy Martin, Ron Tagliapietra, and the bivouac.com team.

NOTE: In preparing this list, I have tried to correct several errors that occur on other Alaska lists. I believe most of the differences have been reconciled (or are due to differing methodologies), however there is still a possibility of further corrections to this list. For those interested in the Alaska list, it also occurs in three other places:
Fifty finest list prepared (1999) by Andy Martin and Ron Tagliapietra, printed in County High Points, available from the author for $15 ppd.
Original list (2003) prepared by Adam Helman, available on the cohp.org website.
Work in progress on the Bivouac.com website (by membership.)

Also be sure to check out the 2003 Alaska Mountain Prominence Map that I prepared. The map needs a few mountains added on based on Adam's research.

A REMINDER: Prominence for Alaska and the rest of the United States is computed differently than the rest of the world. American hikers tend to prefer "Clean Prominence" - that is the minimum possible prominence value within the contour intervals that appear on standard USGS topographic quadrangles. The rest of the world uses "Interpolated Prominence" - that is the best guess estimate of the actual saddle elevation within the contour interval, often derived by adding half of a contour interval to the total. The result is that US prominence values tend to be understated a bit relative to the rest of the world.

In the case of Alaska we have spot elevations for 56 of the 65 summits, generally from USGS or the more recent Canadian surveys, or in a couple of instances from other sources. In the case of the saddles, the interval on the 1:63,360 maps is generally 100 feet, and sometimes 50 feet. This means that in most cases, the Clean Prominence is 50-100 lower than the Interpolated Prominence.

In order to reconcile this list with the rest of the world's Ultras, I have elected to show the Interpolated Prominence in Meters (comparing like for like) and the Clean Prominence in Feet (to aid Americans who are comparing this data to USGS maps. If this is at all confusing, please contact the author.

ALASKA

revised February 18, 2006

Rank	Summit Name	Interpolated Elev. (m)	Interpolated Prom (m.)	Interpolated Saddle (m.)	Latitude	Longitude	Clean Elev (ft.)	E (e)	Clean Prominence (ft.)	Clean Saddle (ft.)	S (e)	Notes

1	Mt. McKinley (Denali)	6194	6138	56	63º04'10"N	151º00'28"W	20320		20156	164	33	[1]
2	Mt. Fairweather (AK, BC, YT)	4671	4453	218	58º54'23"N	137º31'35"W	15325		14610	715		[2]
3	Mt. Blackburn	4996	3548	1448	61º43'52"N	143º26'07"W	16390		11590	4800	100
4	Mt. Hayes	4216	3501	715	63º37'11"N	146º43'06"W	13832		11487	2345
5	Mt. Saint Elias (AK,YT)	5489	3429	2060	60º17'34"N	140º55'52"W	18008		11184	6824	131	[5]
6	Mt. Marcus Baker	4016	3277	739	61º26'14"N	147º45'10"W	13176		10726	2450	50
7	Shishaldin Volcano	2869	2869	0	54º45'19"N	163º58'10"W	9414		9414	0		[7]
8	Redoubt Volcano	3108	2788	320	60º29'05"N	152º44'43"W	10197		9097	1100	100
9	Mt. Torbert	3479	2648	831	61º24'32"N	152º24'50"W	11413		8663	2750	50
10	Pavlof Volcano	2515	2507	8	55º25'10"N	161º53'42"W	8200	100	8150	50	50
11	Mt. Veniaminof	2507	2499	8	56º13'11"N	159º17'54"W	8225		8175	50	50
12	Mt. Hubbard (AK, YT)	4557	2457	2100	60º19'06"N	139º04'23"W	14950		7995	6955	131
13	Mt. Chamberlin or Mt. Isto	2749	2429	320	69º16'37"N	144º54'42"W	9020		7970	1050		[13]
14	Iliamna Volcano	3053	2398	655	60º01'55"N	153º05'25"W	10016		7816	2200	100
15	Mt. Cook (AK, YT)	4194	2350	1844	60º10'54"N	139º58'56"W	13760		7660	6100	100	[15]
16	Mt. Sanford	4949	2343	2606	62º12'49"N	144º07'52"W	16237		7637	8600	100
17	Mt. Tom White	3417	2335	1082	60º39'07"N	143º41'51"W	11210		7610	3600	100
18	Mt. Kimball	3155	2263	892	63º14'19"N	144º38'38"W	10300	100	7350	2950	50
19	Mt. Griggs	2332	2225	107	58º21'14"N	155º05'42"W	7600	100	7200	400	100
20	Mt. Foraker	5304	2210	3094	62º57'37"N	151º24'01"W	17400		7200	10200	100
21	Mt. Crillon	3879	2187	1692	58º39'46"N	137º10'29"W	12726		7126	5600	100
22	North Buttress, Mt. Hesperus	2996	2127	869	61º48'14"N	154º08'41"W	9828		6928	2900	100
23	Mt. Bona	5045	2104	2941	61º23'07"N	141º45'02"W	16500	100	6800	9700	100
24	Mt. Vsevidof	2103	2103	0	53º07'24"N	168º41'32"W	6900		6900	0		[24]
25	Mt. Drum	3661	2061	1600	62º06'57"N	144º38'24"W	12010		6710	5300	100
26	Mt. Chiginagak	2111	2035	76	57º08'00"N	156º59'10"W	6900	50	6600	300	100
27	HP Neacola Mtns.	2873	1943	930	60º47'55"N	153º23'38"W	9426		6326	3100	100	[27]
28	Kichatna Spire	2739	1908	831	62º25'23"N	152º43'32"W	8985		6235	2750	50
29	Pt. 8,084	2464	1900	564	60º49'49"N	145º07'55"W	8084		6184	1900	100
30	Pogromni Volcano	1991	1892	99	54º34'05"N	164º41'59"W	6531		6181	350	50	[30]
31	Mt. Douglas	2149	1890	259	58º51'33"N	153º32'07"W	7000	100	6100	900	100
32	Pt. 8,010	2441	1877	564	61º09'38"N	144º48'47"W	8010		6110	1900	100
33	Mt. Igikpak	2523	1868	655	67º24'47"N	154º57'59"W	8276		6076	2200	100
34	Snow Tower	2003	1866	137	58º10'23"N	133º24'06"W	6572		6072	500	100
35	Truuli Peak	2015	1847	168	59º54'46"N	150º26'09"W	6612		6061	551
36	Makushin Volcano	1829	1829	0	53º53'08"N	166º55'59"W	6000		6000	0
37	Mt. Natazhat	4095	1824	2271	61º31'18"N	141º06'11"W	13435		5935	7500	100
38	Hanagita Peak	2592	1815	777	61º04'01"N	143º42'30"W	8504		5904	2600	100
39	Tanaga Volcano	1806	1806	0	51º52'57"N	178º08'38"W	5925		5925	0
40	Sovereign Mtn.	2697	1790	907	62º07'52"N	148º36'16"W	8849		5849	3000	50
41	Isanotski Peaks	2471	1785	686	54º46'06"N	163º43'51"W	8106		5806	2300	100
42	Isthmus Peak	1991	1781	210	60º34'38"N	148º53'29"W	6532		5810	722	66	[42]
43	Frosty Peak	1769	1750	19	55º04'04"N	162º50'07"W	5803		5730	73	23
44	Great Sitkin Volcano	1740	1740	0	52º04'55"N	176º08'09"W	5710		5710	0
45	Mt. Cleveland	1730	1730	0	52º49'21"N	169º56'59"W	5675		5675	0
46	Mt. Wrangell	4317	1711	2606	62º00'23"N	144º01'04"W	14163		5563	8600	100
47	Devils Paw (AK, BC)	2593	1710	883	58º43'47"N	133º50'27"W	8507		5610	2897
48	Mt. Steller	3266	1696	1570	60º31'13"N	143º05'38"W	10715		5515	5200	100
49	Mt. Seattle, S. summit (AK, YT)	3155	1695	1460	60º04'11"N	139º11'16"W	10350		5494	4856	131
50	Mt. Russell	3557	1682	1875	62º47'54"N	151º53'03"W	11670		5470	6200	100
51	Mt. Foresta	3368	1646	1722	60º11'29"N	139º26'06"W	11000	100	5300	5700	100
52	HP Baranof Island	1643	1643	0	57º00'53"N	134º59'19"W	5390		5390	0
53	Pt. 8517	2596	1621	975	60º55'42"N	142º31'26"W	8517		5317	3200
54	Mt. Miller	3277	1616	1661	60º27'39"N	142º18'12"W	10700	100	5200	5500	100
55	HP Carlisle Island	1610	1610	0	52º53'39"N	170º03'17"W	5283		5283	0
56	Bashful Peak	2440	1608	832	61º18'27"N	148º52'13"W	8005		5275	2730
57	Mt. Deborah	3761	1582	2179	63º38'14"N	147º14'22"W	12339		5139	7200	100
58	Pt. 8336	2541	1581	960	61º06'45"N	153º28'10"W	8336		5136	3200	100
59	Mt. Gareloi	1573	1573	0	51º47'18"N	178º47'39"W	5160		5160	0
60	Pt. 8488	2587	1565	1022	61º29'42"N	153º37'22"W	8488		5134	3354
61	Mt. Augusta	4289	1549	2740	60º18'19"N	140º27'37"W	14070		5080	8990
62	Pt. 6915	2108	1544	564	61º19'47"N	144º57'36"W	6915		5015	1900	100
63	Mt. Bear	4521	1541	2980	61º17'00"N	141º08'36"W	14831		4989	9842	131
64	Korovin Volcano	1533	1533	0	52º22'49"N	174º10'06"W	5030		5030	0
E1	Pt. 6200+	1905	1494	411	60º27'24"N	153º40'30"W	6200	100	4800	1400	100

HAWAII

Rank	Summit Name	Interpolated Elev. (m)	Interpolated Prom (m.)	Interpolated Saddle (m.)	Latitude	Longitude	Clean Elev (ft.)	E (e)	Clean Prom (ft.)	Clean Saddle (ft.)	S (e)	Notes

1	Mauna Kea	4205	4205	0	19º49'14"N	155º28'05"W	13796		13796	0
2	Red Hill	3055	3055	0	20º42'36"N	156º15'11"W	10023		10023	0
3	Mauna Loa	4169	2163	2006	19º28'32"N	155º36'20"W	13679		7079	6600	40
4	Puu Kukui	1764	1730	34	20º53'24"N	156º12'29"W	5788		5668	120	20
5	Kawaikini	1598	1598	0	22º03'32"N	159º29'51"W	5243		5243	0
6	Kamakou	1512	1512	0	21º06'24"N	156º52'07"W	4961		4961	0

FOOTNOTES

[1] See World Top 50 for notes. The interpolated saddle is dervied from SRTM analysis, and is inconsistent with the Nicaraguan 1:50,000 survey shown in feet to the right.

[2] Fairweather is the HP of British Columbia, on the US/Canada border. The 15,325' elevation is based on a newer Canadian Survey. USGS shows 15,300'. Saddle elevation researched by bivouac.com.

[5] Saddle is on Columbus Glacier.

[7] 9372' in GNIS.

[13] USGS Maps show Mt. Isto as possibly higher than Mt Chamberlin, although Chamberlin is believed to be higher. Saddle is McDougal Pass (67°42' 136°27') per bivouac.com.

[15] Mt. Cook: According to the Canadian topographic map, the summit is about 500' north of the border, in Canada. According to the USGS map, the summit lies exactly on the border.

[24] Vsevediof: USGS quad unavail. Published resources refer to elev. 6900, 6920, 7050, 7100 feet.

[27] Elevation from air chart, no elev given on quad.

[30] GNIS gives 6568'.

[42] Name missing from GNIS.

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