After hiking the Colorado 14ers (53 Peaks), many people continue to climb the 100 highest summits in Colorado referred to as the Centennial Peaks. There are 47 additional high 13ers between 13,800' and 13,999' that you have to hike to reach 100. I casually hiked 16 of them from 2004 to 2018, but actually had eight interim years where I didn't summit a Centennial Peak between my first and last peak. I didn't make it a goal to hike them all until 2019 when I found out my climbing partners were going to finish them. My first Centennial Peak was Red Mountain on September 23, 2004, and my final Centennial Peak was Dallas Peak 18 years later on September 24, 2022.
Note: In late 2021, new and more accurate elevation information was released that changed the elevations of a number of peaks according to Light Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR). Although the changes didn't affect the 14ers as much, new data suggests that the top 100 summits in Colorado are different than originally thought from previous map elevations. As of now, it appears as though Teakettle Mountain (13,815') and Dallas Peak (13,812') are no longer in the top 100. Niagara Peak (13,816'), Arrow Peak (13,817'), and Trinity Peak (13,816') have bumped Teakettle and Dallas from the high 100 of Centennial Peaks. The reason two were removed and three were added is because Niagara and Trinity are the same elevation; therefore, both are included in the list. As for me, now I technically no longer have to climb Dallas Peak to complete the list, but have to go back and hike Trinity Peak and Arrow Peak to be considered a Centennial Peak finisher. (I have already climbed Niagara Peak.) Surprisingly, there are approximately 30 peaks on the list from 54 to 105 that have had an elevation change, whereas the original 14ers seemed much more accurate with only a handful of elevation changes. I may eventually get around to changing the elevations, but I'm not really that motivated to do so now. The following is the old list of 13ers with the former map elevations, although I have added the additional 13ers I need to climb given the new information in addition to Obstruction, American, and Dallas just to be sure.
Colorado Centennial 13ers By Elevation |
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| Peak | Elevation | Route | Date |
01. | 54. | Grizzly Peak A
| 13,988' | Grizzly Couloir | 08/03/2019 |
02. | 55. | Stewart Peak
| 13,983' | North Slopes | 08/21/2020 |
03. | 56. | Columbia Point
| 13,980' | West Ridge | 06/03/2012 |
04. | 57. | Pigeon Peak
| 13,972'
| Southwest Slopes | 09/17/2021 |
05. | 58. | Mount Ouray
| 13,971'
| West Ridge | 08/02/2020 |
06. | 59. | Fletcher Mountain (1)
| 13,951'
| Southeast Ridge | 10/09/2006 |
07. |
| Fletcher Mountain (2)
| 13,951'
| East Couloir | 05/20/2012 |
08. | 60. | Ice Mountain
| 13,951'
| Refrigerator Couloir | 05/14/2006 |
09. | 61. | Pacific Peak (1)
| 13,950'
| West Ridge | 01/27/2006 |
10. |
| Pacific Peak (2)
| 13,950'
| South Ridge | 10/14/2006 |
11. |
| Pacific Peak (3)
| 13,950'
| North Couloir | 06/23/2008 |
12. |
| Pacific Peak (4)
| 13,950'
| North Couloir | 06/19/2011 |
13. | 62. | Cathedral Peak
| 13,943'
| Pearl Couloir | 06/07/2020 |
14. | 63. | French Mountain
| 13,940'
| South Slopes | 07/12/2019 |
15. | 64. | Mount Hope
| 13,933'
| Hopeful Couloir | 06/21/2019 |
16. | 65. | Thunder Pyramid
| 13,932'
| West Face | 07/02/2021 |
17. | 66. | Mount Adams
| 13,931'
| West Ridge | 06/20/2020 |
18. | 67. | Gladstone Peak
| 13,913'
| North Ridge | 09/04/2020 |
19. | 68. | Mount Meeker (1)
| 13,911'
| Dreamweaver
| 06/03/2006 |
20. |
| Mount Meeker (2)
| 13,911'
| Dreamweaver | 06/04/2007 |
21. |
| Mount Meeker (3)
| 13,911'
| Dreamweaver | 06/04/2010 |
22. | 69. | Casco Peak
| 13,908'
| North Ridge | 07/12/2019 |
23. | 70. | Red Mountain
| 13,908'
| Northwest Ridge | 09/23/2004 |
24. | 71. | Emerald Peak
| 13,904'
| North Ridge | 09/13/2019 |
25. | 72. | Horseshoe Mountain (1)
| 13,898'
| Northeast Ridge | 10/11/2007 |
26. |
| Horseshoe Mountain (2)
| 13,898'
| Boudoir Couloir | 05/31/2014 |
27. | 73. | Phoenix Peak
| 13,895'
| South Slopes | 08/20/2020 |
28. | 74. | Vermilion Peak
| 13,894'
| Southeast Ridge | 10/09/2020 |
29. | 75. | Cronin Peak
| 13,870'
| East Face | 06/28/2019 |
30. | 76. | Mount Buckskin
| 13,865'
| Northeast Slopes | 10/11/2007 |
31. | 77. | Vestal Peak
| 13,864'
| South Face | 08/28/2021 |
32. | 78. | Jones Mountain
| 13,860'
| South Ridge | 08/17/2020 |
33. | 79. | North Apostle
| 13,860'
| Southwest Face | 07/03/2019 |
34. | 80. | Clinton Peak
| 13,857'
| East Ridge | 10/09/2007 |
35. | 81. | Dyer Mountain
| 13,855'
| South Ridge | 03/20/2005 |
36. | 82. | Crystal Peak
| 13,852'
| Southeast Ridge | 07/27/2006 |
37. | 83. | Mount Edwards (1)
| 13,850'
| West Ridge | 07/28/2006 |
38. |
| Mount Edwards (2)
| 13,850'
| Goatfinger Couloir | 06/30/2017 |
39. |
| Mount Edwards (3)
| 13,850' | Southeast Ridge | 10/07/2019 |
40. | 84. | California Peak
| 13,849'
| North Ridge | 05/22/2020 |
41. | 85. | Mount Oklahoma
| 13,845'
| Southwest Slopes | 10/04/2019 |
42. | 86. | Atlantic Peak
| 13,841'
| West Ridge | 10/14/2006 |
43. | 87. | Hagerman Peak
| 13,841'
| South Face | 06/26/2020 |
44. | 88. | Half Peak
| 13,841'
| South Ridge | 08/18/2020 |
45. | 89. | Turret Peak
| 13,835'
| Northwest Slopes | 09/17/2021 |
46. | 90. | Point 13,832
| 13,832'
| Northwest Ridge | 08/19/2020 |
47. | 91. | Point 13,831 (Holy Cross Ridge)
| 13,831'
| Halo Ridge | 07/20/2013 |
48. | 92. | Jupiter Mountain
| 13,830'
| Southwest Slopes | 09/13/2021 |
49. | 93. | Huerfano Peak
| 13,828'
| Southwest Ridge | 10/14/2019 |
50. | 94. | Jagged Mountain
| 13,824'
| North Face | 09/15/2021 |
51. | 95. | Lackawanna Peak
| 13,823'
| Southwest Couloir | 06/09/2019 |
52. | 96. | Mount Silverheels
| 13,822'
| West Ridge | 01/29/2005 |
53. | 97. | Rio Grande Pyramid
| 13,821'
| East Slopes | 07/23/2021 |
54. | 98. | Teakettle Mountain
| 13,819'
| Southeast Ridge | 06/07/2014 |
55. | 99. | Point 13,811
| 13,811'
| Southwest Ridge | 08/19/2020 |
56. | 100. | Dallas Peak
| 13,809'
| North Face | 09/24/2022 |
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Bonus Colorado Centennial 13ers By Elevation
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| Peak | Elevation | Route | Date |
57. | 101. | Niagara Peak
| 13,807' | East Ridge | 08/17/2020 |
58. | 102. | American Peak
| 13,806' | Victory Couloir | 06/11/2022 |
59. | 103. | Trinity Peak
| 13,805' | Southeast Face | 07/23/2022 |
60. | 104. | Arrow Peak
| 13,803' | Northeast Face | 07/23/2022 |
61. | 105. | Obstruction Peak
| 13,799' | South Slopes | 06/18/2022 |
Year | Number of Initial 13ers | Percent of Total |
2004 | 1 | 2.1% |
2005 | 2 | 4.3% |
2006 | 7 | 14.9% |
2007 | 3 | 6.4% |
2008 | 0 | 0.0% |
2009 | 0 | 0.0%
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2010 | 0 | 0.0%
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2011 | 0 | 0.0%
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2012
| 1 | 2.1% |
2013 | 1 | 2.1% |
2014 | 1 | 2.1% |
2015 | 0 | 0.0%
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2016 | 0 | 0.0%
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2017 | 0 | 0.0%
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2018 | 0 | 0.0%
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2019 | 10 | 21.3% |
2020 | 13 | 27.7% |
2021 | 7 | 14.9% |
2022 | 1 | 2.1% |
Total | 47 | 100.0% |