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Montana Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence

Showing Ralph Thornton's first ascent dates for climbed peaks

Rank	Peak	Prom-M (Opt)	Elev-M (Opt)	Range (Level 3)	Isol-Km	Ascent Date
1.	Crazy Peak	1747	3417	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	71.8
2.	McDonald Peak	1725	2993	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	127.8
3.	Snowshoe Peak	1663	2663	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	133.5
4.	Mount Cleveland	1605	3190	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	159.9	1977
5.	Granite Peak	1462	3901	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	138.5
6.	Northwest Peak	1368	2348	Columbia Mountains	38.8
7.	Table Mountain	1348	3116	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	31.1
8.	Mount Stimson	1347	3091	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	48.3	1979-08-15
9.	Kintla Peak	1342	3079	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	23.8	1984-08-14
10.	Big Pryor Mountain	1312	2678	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	41.7
11.	Bearpaw Baldy	1290	2108	Great Plains	101.0
12.	Mount Edith	1262	2902	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	59.5
13.	Baldy Mountain	1251	2275	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	44.6
14.	Greathouse Peak	1244	2646	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	89.9
15.	Hilgard Peak	1238	3449	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	123.0
16.	Holland Peak	1230	2852	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	30.5
17.	Ch-paa-qn Peak	1230	2437	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	31.0
18.	West Goat Peak	1217	3290	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	62.9
19.	Sacagawea Peak	1210	2941	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	46.8	1990-07-31
20.	Hollowtop Mountain	1196	3232	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	54.8
21.	Tweedy Mountain	1169	3400	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	120.7
22.	Crow Peak	1159	2869	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	53.0
23.	Red Mountain	1158	2868	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	84.3
24.	Sunset Peak	1152	3225	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	50.3
25.	McLeod Peak	1152	2627	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	21.8
26.	Mount Powell	1148	3099	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	30.6
27.	Robinson Mountain	1139	2298	Columbia Mountains	32.6
28.	Mount Headley	1133	2264	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	31.4
29.	South Sheep Mountain	1124	3233	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	17.9
30.	West Butte	1110	2128	Great Plains	130.2	2010-05-22
31.	Rainbow Peak	1108	3015	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	9.0	2002-08-09
32.	Big Baldy Mountain	1090	2797	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	73.6
33.	Trapper Peak	1088	3096	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	65.6
34.	Saint Joseph Peak	1044	2922	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	5.8
35.	Electric Peak	1039	3343	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	48.5
36.	Mount Jackson	1038	3064	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	12.7	1977
37.	Mount Jefferson	1037	3110	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	18.0
38.	Garfield Mountain	1012	3341	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	24.4
39.	Highwood Baldy	1009	2338	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	35.4
40.	Rocky Mountain	997	2863	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	77.4	2000
41.	Black Butte	982	3213	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	21.3
42.	Homer Youngs Peak	981	3237	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	57.2
43.	Mount Brown	978	2121	Great Plains	29.5
44.	Gallatin Peak	974	3357	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	12.0
45.	O'Brien Mountain	967	2064	Columbia Mountains	21.0
46.	Heavens Peak	959	2739	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	10.6
47.	McGuire Mountain	948	2131	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	24.1
48.	Mount Siyeh	946	3052	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	15.2	1977
49.	Mount Phillips	943	2894	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	7.5	2005-08-26
50.	Nasukoin Mountain	941	2465	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	29.9
51.	Scapegoat Mountain	939	2805	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	22.5	2012-06-28
52.	Running Rabbit Mountain	902	2353	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	8.1	2001
53.	Rising Wolf Mountain	900	2900	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	14.5	1977
54.	Calx Mountain	899	1996	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	17.6
55.	Mount Merritt	885	3049	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	7.6	1980-08-10
56.	Mount Wood	884	3859	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	12.0
57.	Bull Mountain	880	2624	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	21.3
58.	Blacktail Mountain	877	2072	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	35.9
59.	Petty Mountain	878	2216	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	23.5
60.	Thompson Peak	872	2274	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	15.2
61.	Tumble Mountain	867	3449	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	13.3
62.	Longfellow Peak	860	2714	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	7.3	2001-08-11
63.	Apgar Mountains High Point	856	2027	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	17.7
64.	The Guardhouse	847	2846	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	5.2	1995-08-01
65.	Big Hole Peak	846	2122	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	14.9
66.	Meadow Peak	844	2045	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	34.3
67.	Elk Peak	844	2611	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	33.3
68.	Brush Mountain	843	1782	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	16.2
69.	Lone Mountain	841	3402	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	26.8
70.	Antoine Butte	828	1755	Great Plains	72.4
71.	Fan Mountain	825	3142	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	6.2
72.	Castle Mountain	820	3844	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	15.7
73.	Mount Cowen	820	3417	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	28.6
74.	Cherry Peak	814	2241	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	28.9
75.	Mount Fleecer	812	2876	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	25.8
76.	Deemer Peak	809	1906	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	14.1
77.	Beartooth Mountain	802	2070	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	15.5
78.	Berray Mountain	798	1883	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	12.9
79.	Emigrant Peak	796	3329	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	22.3
80.	Butte Cabin Ridge	789	2581	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	20.4
81.	Black Mountain	783	2539	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	39.5
82.	Long Knife Peak	782	2982	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	5.8	1997-07-31
83.	Elk Mountain Northeast	780	2024	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	29.6
84.	Lake Mountain	780	2560	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	16.6
85.	Great Northern Mountain	775	2653	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	17.9
86.	Peak 8282	768	2524	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	15.9
87.	Tuchuck Mountain	766	2363	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	21.4
88.	Teakettle Mountain	760	1809	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	6.0
89.	Allen Peak	759	2054	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	24.6
90.	Ptarmigan Benchmark	756	2768	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	16.2
91.	Whites Mountain	757	2793	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	7.4
92.	Spotted Bear Mountain	755	2218	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	19.1
93.	Ruby Benchmark	753	2862	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	27.8
94.	Mount Saint Nicholas	749	2858	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	9.7	2009-08-21
95.	Steamboat Mountain	745	2611	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	13.3
96.	Jack Mountain	741	2668	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	22.1
97.	Old Baldy Mountain	740	2289	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	26.9
98.	Haystack Mountain	737	2688	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	36.3
99.	Baldy Mountain	731	3023	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	29.1
100.	Canyon Peak	729	2790	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	19.6
101.	Boulder Peak	726	2988	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	5.9
102.	Half Dome Crag	722	2466	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	7.4	2005-05-28
103.	Kenelty Mountain	723	1808	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	17.5
104.	McCartney Mountain	720	2549	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	24.5
105.	Sonyok Mountain	719	1731	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	17.5
106.	Vulture Peak	719	2938	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	7.1	1995-08-04
107.	Demers Ridge	717	1900	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	5.7
108.	Gold Butte	717	1985	Great Plains	14.8	2005-10-16
109.	Red Plume Mountain	715	2422	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	14.4
110.	Sawtooth Ridge	713	2493	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	12.9
111.	Swan Peak	709	2831	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	21.0
112.	Roderick Mountain	708	2025	Columbia Mountains	17.2
113.	Gunsight Mountain	705	2822	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	3.7	2001-08-18
114.	Forster Mountain	704	2399	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	12.8
115.	South Salish Mountains High Point	700	1719	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	27.8
116.	Chapman Peak	696	2867	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	8.8	2007-06-30
117.	Sliderock Mountain	695	3182	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	7.8
118.	Bloody Dick Peak	688	2992	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	20.3
119.	Stark Mountain	683	2241	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	18.1
120.	Mount Rockwell	680	2826	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	6.4	2001-07-10
121.	Citadel Mountain	679	2752	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	3.6	1979-08-09
122.	Belton Hills	676	1932	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	7.0	2007-04-28
123.	Goat Mountain	676	2497	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	14.4
124.	Una Mountain	664	2615	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	8.0
125.	Three Sisters	664	2713	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	21.6	2012-07-10
126.	Piquett Mountain	656	2692	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	17.4
127.	Mount Wilbur	651	2841	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	6.2	1982-08-10
128.	Mount Field	649	2618	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	18.6	2004-09-05
129.	Blacktail Mountain	645	2889	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	37.1
130.	Sphinx Peak	645	3315	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	13.2
131.	Mount Baptiste	645	2559	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	25.4
132.	Sage Peak	638	3247	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	16.8
133.	Mount Tom	635	1781	Columbia Mountains	8.2
134.	Mount Evans	634	3243	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	18.6
135.	Blue Mountain	634	1841	Columbia Mountains	22.2
136.	Desert Mountain	633	1962	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	6.2
137.	Yaak Mountain	632	1522	Columbia Mountains	13.2
138.	Mount Cecelia	628	1872	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	16.6
139.	Mount Calowahcan	628	2762	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	8.5
140.	Sheep Mountain	624	2331	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	10.8
141.	Silvertip Mountain	622	2707	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	12.7
142.	Olson Peak	622	2707	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	11.3
143.	Canyon Mountain	621	2450	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	16.8
144.	Patricks Knob	621	2084	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	23.9
145.	Mount Gould	620	2912	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	5.0	1977
146.	Saint Mary Peak	619	2850	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	10.0
147.	Mount Chisholm	615	3149	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	23.5
148.	Stryker Peak	615	2237	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	12.6
149.	Red Mountain	614	2858	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	4.4	2005-07-01
150.	Richards Mountain South	614	1858	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	13.5
151.	Lookout Tower	611	1867	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	13.2
152.	Red Benchmark	610	2317	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	4.2

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List Description

Sources

Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 2000 by Edward Earl and Andy Martin.
List generation helped by Edward Earl's WinProm program.
Post made to the Yahoo Prominence Group online forum by Jerry Brekhus, October, 2002.
Prominence values in this list may not agree 100% with sources, due to different interpretations of key col spot elevations and out-dated peak elevations in the PBC Database.

Selected Guidebook(s) for this List

Climber's Guide to Montana (Caffrey)

Peakbagging Montana (Jones)

Caution: These books feature many of the peaks on this list, but may not have information on all of them.

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