Fourteener
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In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 ft. The 96 fourteeners in the United States are all west of the Missis
Denali, at 20,310 ft (6,190 m), is the highest mountain in the United States
Mount Saint Elias, Alaska
Mount Foraker, Alaska
Mount Blackburn, Alaska
Denali
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Denali, federally designated as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level. Its vertical relief above the surrounding plateau
Fourteener
…The following U.S. summits have 14,000 ft of elevation, but have less than 300 ft of topographic prominence: Denali, Browne Tower, 14,530, Alaska: Prominence = 25–125 feet (7.6–38.1 m). Why this became included on some fourteener lists is unclear. Mount Cameron…
Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens, co-leaders of the first successful expedition of four to reach the summit of Denali in 1913, the other members of the expedition being Robert G. Tatum and Walter Harper
High camp (17,200 ft or 5,200 m) of the West Buttress Route pioneered by Bradford Washburn, photographed in 2001
Denali's West Buttress (lower left to upper right), August 2010