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The Nevada P2000s:
Nevada has 172 mountain summits with
2,000 feet (609m) of prominence. Nevada ranks second in the US,
behind Alaska, and ahead of California, Montana, and Washington.
This makes Nevada the "Most Mountainous" state in the country, at least
by this measure.
The first listing of the Nevada
P2000s, was completed in 2003 by Edward Earl, Aaron Maizlish, and Andy
Martin. Information about
the nationwide P2000 summits is on the US
P2000 homepage.
If you are making progress towards hiking the summits on this list,
then you can track
your own progress by registering (free) at listsofjohn.com, and keep track
of the
leaders on the Prominence
Front Runner List.
The Nevada P1000s
Nevada has 647 summits with 1000'
of expected prominence. The listings and maps are included with
the 500s, below. The ratio of 1000s to 2000 is only 3.8:1,
much lower than California (5.9:1).
The
Nevada P500s
Data Summary:
There are 2,536 summits in Nevada with 500' or more of expected
prominence (error range peaks with less than 500' of expected
prominence are not tracked). This atlas now has maps showing the
location of all summits, and will have lists at some point in the
future.
The data is organized along the same principles as the California
Mountain Atlas. It would be helpful for you to first understand
the concepts of lineage groups and lineage cells. The data is
built around this hierarchy, without regard to county boundaries.
The state is divided into ten Lineage Groups:
Arc Dome
Charleston
Hayford
Jefferson
Lassen
Matterhorn
Schell
Wheeler
Whitney
White CA (small fragment)
It is important to note that these groups (as with California) do not
perfectly match P5000 cells, although they come fairly close.
This is in order to make logical groupings within the state. The
differences between P5000 lineage cells and the atlas groups are as
follows: Pilot Peak combines with Matterhorn. Star Peak
combines with Arc. Ibapah UT (fragment) and Moriah combine with
Wheeler. Matterhorn has been given its own group, even though it
has 4,708' prominence. It is a logical break at the Humboldt
River, that divides the massive Schell cell in half.
All mountains in the atlas belong to one unique lineage cell.
The Nevada P500 Maps
Arc
Group
445 Summits
Map: Arc - Northeast
Cells: Bald, Callaghan, Fagin, Lewis, Pinon, Roberts,
Saddle, Tenabo
Map: Arc - Northwest
includes Star Peak P5000
Cells: Augusta, Buffalo, Cain, Cotton, Granite,
Job, Moses, New Pass, North, Sonoma, Star, Tholem, Tobin
Map: Arc - South
Cells: 11085, Arc Dome, Bunker, Cleaver, Desatoya,
Fairview, Ferguson, North Shoshone, Pilot, Sherman, Toiyabe Dome
Charleston Group
127 Nevada Summits (+227 in California)
Hayford Group
114 Summits
Jefferson Group
441 Nevada Summits (+ 68 in California)
Map:
Jefferson - Kawich
Cells: Belted, Kawich, Reveille
Map:
Jefferson - North
Cells: Diamond, Jefferson, Monitor, Moody, Morey,
Ninemile, Portuguese, Prospect, Rawhide, San Antonio, Shoshone, Summit,
Wildcat
Map: Jefferson - West
Cells: Bare, Blue Dick, Gold, Grapevine, Lone, Piper,
Stonewall
Lassen CA Group
(fragment)
124 Summits
Map: Lassen Group
Cells: Big, Bilk, Black Rock, Donnelly, Duffer, Fox,
Granite, Hays, Trout Creek
Matterhorn
Group
404 Summits
Map:
Matterhorn - East
includes Pilot Peak
Cells: Ellen D, Goshute, Knoll, Matterhorn, Murdock,
Pilot, S Pequop, Tabor, Toano, White Horse, Wood
Map:
Matterhorn - Granite
Cells: Adam, Bloody Run, Blue, Cone, Hot Springs, Kelly
Creek, Granite, Santa Rosa, Sixmile, Slumbering
Map: Matterhorn - Jackson
Cells: Black, Eugene, Hannan, Jackson, Juniper1, Juniper2,
King Lear, Kumiva, Majuba, Pah-Rum, Seven Troughs, Tohakum, Trinity
Map:
Matterhorn - McAfee
Cells: Adobe, Beaver, Marys, McAfee,
McCann, Merritt, Nannies, Pine, Porter, Wilson
Schell Group
651 Summits
Map: Schell - Cherry Creek
Cells: 10459, Cherry, Ray, Spruce
Map: Schell
- Grafton
Cells: Chokecherry, Dutch John, Grafton,
Highland, Major, S Pahroc, Silver
Map: Schell -
North Schell
Cells: Baldy, Becky, Dolly Varden, N.
Schell
Map: Schell
- Ruby
Cells: Big Bald, Buck, Elko, High Bald,
Hole, Pearl, Ruby
Map: Schell
- Troy
Cells: Badger, Bald, Blue Eagle, Irish,
Quinn, Seaman, Troy, Worthington
Map: Schell
- Ward
Cells: 9823, 10154, Butte, Currant, Egan,
Hamilton, Ward
Map: Schell
- Wilson
Cells: Fortification, Jumbo, Mormon,
Virgin, Wilson
Wheeler Group
46 Summits
White Mtn CA Group
(fragment)
14 Nevada Summits
Whitney CA Group
(fragment)
170 Nevada Summits
Map: Whitney Group North
Cells: Davidson, Dogskin, Peavine, Pedersen, Rose, State
Line, Tule, Virginia
Map:
Whitney Group South
Cells: Bald, Garfield, Grant, Siegel
