Wow, it appears that the South Island of New Zealand really knocks off Washington State in terms of prominence density. Washington 144 P2Ks in 66495 sq mi = 1...
Just to compare these numbers with Northern Norway, the contiguous land area Nordland + Troms is 60000 sq. km (23176 sq. miles), and has 330 P2000 peaks. This...
... Jan 24: Roskruge BM (3739, P>999). Jan 25: Montana Pk (5376, P>976), Cat Mt (3852, P>1062). Also did nearby UN 3310 (P=520) Jan 30: UN 6300 (P>1100) in...
Hello, Does anyone have a P value for Little Grass Mtn located in the Selkirks of Idaho just across the border from WA? I don't see it on any P2000 lists but I...
Hello, Very impressive numbers. WA's average gets dragged down by the Columbia Plateau. On the topic of WA and peak density, I've been working on some break...
This looks correct. I have added Little Grass Mtn to the Idaho list and map on peaklist http://www.peaklist.org/USmaps/idahosummits.gif Its up in the extreme...
As Eric points out, ruggedness figures of any sort are highly dependent on what region you use. I like to break this into two parts: first, how big a region do...
While looking at Little Grass Mtn., I poked around the map up there a little bit more and found another P2000 peak that isn't on the peaklist. Swan Peak, in...
By the way, here are the numbers for North Cascades National Park: 16 P2000s 67 P1000s 789.0625 mi^2 The spreadsheet sayeth 1 P2000 every 49.3 mi^2 and then we...
Hi Aaron, If you are double checking some prominence figures you may wish to take a look at Big Craggies in OR as well. I can't recall if I mentioned Big...
This conversation has come up a few times, especially when there is a new Washington State member that the group has to break in :-) Did a quick search of...
Check that. Thanks for the tip on Big Craggies - it goes from P1999 to P2099; we're in agreement on the saddle at Tincup Pass. Eric notified me a few weeks...
Hello, I see. Well consider me broken in then. ;-) And you are correct in your total of 15. I erred before with my count of 16 as I misread the park boundary...
... Prominence programs can only be as good as the underlying data, in NH peaks routinely appeared to have 100'-200' too little prominence because the data...
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Feb 3, 2006 4:29 am
Even as a North Cascades chauvinist (who has been to/seen the best of New Zealand's mountains, on both islands), I've got to admit that "in real life" the...
I also bagged Sheepshead HP, but was able to drive the entire distance. Actually, it wasn't quite that simple - I gashed myself on barbed wire at one of the...
I haven't done a ruggedness workup specifically on Glacier NP, but if you look at the Top 200 in the US by reduced spire measure you get Glacier NP: 9 peaks ...
Hi, I finally completed a MAP verified list of the P600 meter, the Major Mountains of Sweden. This complements the previous list of Norway's Majors in order to...
Andrew, Sorry about this, one has to press the link "prominent mountains from many parts of the world" first. The direct link to the "new" lists are: ...
Petter- thanks for another great list. One question.... ... I notice that you don't mention Finland (highest point 1328m). Is that because it has no P600...
Peter, You raise a very natural point, and I shall admit that I may have an issue to look into, however, I suspect that things are ok. 1) You are quite correct...
Hello! Below is what Petter wrote to me on 18.12.2002 about the HP of Finland, so he does not need to write it again: All the best Eberhard Hi Eberhard, Thanks...
... <Petter.Bjorstad@...> wrote: OK, found it. I note that Norway/Sweden (I assume Finland has none) comes out with 623 2,000', compared to the 622 calculated...
Scandinavia 623 - Alps 622 ??? Interesting how close these numbers came. I guess the definition of the Alps is critical, for all practical reasons, this is...
Hi, I am looking for the proper English word (or expression) to describe a circular (often bronze?) metal marker that sometimes are placed on summits. Such a...
The typical US hiker calls them "bench marks" which is correct for only some of them, which may be noted as BM on maps The more correct term is "survey marker"...
