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Introduction

This page lists the peaks in California with at least 14,000 feet of elevation. The YDS class listed corresponds to the least technically-demanding route to the summit. The easiest route listed is based on YDS class, distance and elevation gain.

California 14ers

Ranked peaks have at least 300 feet of interpolated prominence.

Peak Name	Rank	Elevation	Line Parent	Isolation	Prominence	Quadrangle	Range	Class	Easiest Route
Whitney, Mount	1	14,497'	Nevado de Toluca	1649.81	10,082'	Mount Whitney	Sierra Nevada	1	Whitney Trail
Williamson, Mount	2	14,375'	Whitney, Mount	5.75	1,679'	Mount Williamson	Sierra Nevada	3	West Face
White Mountain Peak	3	14,246'	Williamson, Mount	67.72	7,196'	White Mountain Peak	Inyo-White Mountains	1	South Face
North Palisade	4	14,242'	Williamson, Mount	32.32	2,895'	North Palisade	Sierra Nevada	4	West Chute
"Starlight Peak"		14,220'	North Palisade	0.07	120'	North Palisade	Sierra Nevada	5.6	Northwest Chute
Shasta, Mount	5	14,162'	North Palisade	335.11	9,832'	Mount Shasta	California Cascades	2+	Avalanche Gulch
Sill, Mount	6	14,153'	North Palisade	0.62	413'	North Palisade	Sierra Nevada	2+	Southwest slope
Polemonium Peak		14,100'	North Palisade	0.16	200'	Mount Whitney	Sierra Nevada	4	From the U-Notch
Russell, Mount	7	14,088'	Whitney, Mount	1.08	1,129'	Mount Whitney	Sierra Nevada	3	East Ridge
Split Mountain	8	14,058'	Sill, Mount	6.86	1,525'	Split Mountain	Sierra Nevada	2	North Slope from the East
Langley, Mount	9	14,026'	Whitney, Mount	4.57	1,198'	Mount Langley	Sierra Nevada	1	Army Pass
Tyndall, Mount	10	14,018'	Williamson, Mount	1.45	1,125'	Mount Williamson	Sierra Nevada	2	Northwest Ridge
Middle Palisade	11	14,012'	Mountain, Split	4.27	1,119'	Split Mountain	Sierra Nevada	3	Northeast Face
Muir, Mount	12	14,012'	Whitney, Mount	0.67	331'	Mount Whitney	Sierra Nevada	3	Via the Whitney Trail
Thunderbolt Peak		14,003'	North Palisade	0.29	223'	North Palisade	Sierra Nevada	5.9	Southwest Chute number 1

Speed Record

The current speed record for climbing all 15 California 14ers listed above is 62 hours and 3 minutes. It was done in August of 2012 by Sean O'Rourke. The current women's speed record was done by Andrea Sansone in seven days, 11 hours and 22 minutes during July and August 2017. The current self-supported record with cycling between the trailheads is 9 days, 20 hours and 41 minutes. It was done in August of 2014 by Sam Skrocke.

Age Record

I believe the youngest person to climb all the ranked 14ers is Tyle Smith at the age of 8 (http://www.thedogteam.com/14ers-Web_Pages/14ers-History/14ers-History.html, R.J. Secor, personal communication, September 8, 2006). I believe the youngest female to climb all of the ranked 14ers is Sierra Richins at the age of 13.

Photo Gallery

Mount Whitney. Photo: lidijagrazulis

Mount Williamson. Photo: Diggler

White Mountain Peak. Photo: johnm

North Palisade. Photo: BCL

Starlight Peak. Photo: Dave K

Mount Shasta. Photo: Sock Monkey

Mount Sill. Submitted by Romain

Mount Russell. Photo: ScottyS

Polemonium Peak. Photo: jaydee

Split Mountain. Photo: rwkent

Mount Langley. Photo: cgrisha

Mount Tyndall. Photo: bearbnz

Middle Palisade. Photo: Misha

Mount Muir. Photo: bearbnz

Thunderbolt Peak. Photo: Vitality M.

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