Contiguous US States Top 20 by Reduced ORS

See the Main ORS Page or the Explanation Page for general notes on ORS and reduced ORS (RORS).

Rank Peak Name Range/Region ORS (m) RORS (m) Elev (m)
1 Mount Rainier
(Liberty Cap)*
Cascade 827 827 4301
(Main: 4392)
2 Grand Teton Teton 683 683 4197
3 Mount Shasta Cascade 675 675 4317
4 Mount Cleveland Glacier NP 672 672 3190
5 Mount Hood Cascade 649 649 3452
6 Hozomeen Mountain
(South Peak)*
N Cascade 643 642 2440
(Main: 2450)
7 Kinnerly Peak Glacier NP 612 605 3035
8 Mount Stimson Glacier NP 590 588 3069
9 Mount Index N Cascade 588 583 1598
10 Half Dome Sierra 580 580 2692
11 El Capitan Sierra 575 568 2152
12 Mount Baring N Cascade 574 565 1872
13 Mount Baker Cascade 578 563 3285
14 Goode Mountain N Cascade 566 563 2804
15 Luna Peak N Cascade 557 549 2525
16 Mount Adams Cascade 562 547 3742
17 Mount Gould Glacier NP 554 547 2912
18 Jack Mountain N Cascade 551 539 2763
19 Mount Pugh N Cascade 543 539 2195
20 Mount Cannon (SW) Glacier NP 554 523 2657

Notes

In the table, "ORS" is the ORS in meters (click here for explanation of the units of ORS).
"RORS" is the reduced ORS in meters.
Elevation is also in meters.
Peak names are linked to Wikipedia pages or to other sites/pictures/maps of the peaks.

Note the predominance of peaks in the Cascades (both the stratovolcanoes and the steep nonvolcanic peaks of the North Cascades) and in Glacier National Park, and the absence of peaks in the Colorado Rockies, where the peaks are higher, but the bases are also higher and the peaks not as steep. Also note that the Sierras are represented by the two most famous features in Yosemite National Park, El Capitan and Half Dome.

(*) General Note: the ORS of a peak is calculated from a reference point on the peak which may not be the main (highest) summit. Instead the reference point is chosen to give the best ORS, i.e. it is the point on the peak with the "most impressive view." It is also usually a harder climb than the main summit. In the following cases this best reference point is quite different from the main summit:


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