High Points Life List

A peak bagger I am not. But I love hiking to scenic vistas and high points are often good places to take in the view and gain perspective. Here are some I have enjoyed by pedestrian means:

• Bodenburg Butte, AK, 885' (750' gain), with Lois Hanson and cousins in June, 1979
• Rauheck, German-Austrian border, 7,822' (3,225' gain) solo in August, 1991
• Red and White Mountain, CA, 12,850' with Outward Bound in June, 1992
• Volcanic Knob, CA, 11,168' with Outward Bound in June, 1992
• Feather Peak, CA, 13,242' (2,100' gain) with Outward Bound in July, 1992
• Bear Creek Spire, CA, 13,713' with Outward Bound in July, 1992
• South Sister, OR, 10,358' solo in August, 1992
• Matterhorn, OR, 9,845' solo in August, 1992
• El Capitan, MT, 9,983' with Michele Rosenshield in August, 1993
• Timm's Hill, WI, 1,951' several times with different people
• San Bernardino Peak, CA, 10,649' (2,075' gain) with Lee Meilleur in May, 1996
• Queener Mountain, MT, 10,149' solo in July, 1998
• Rafferty Peak, CA, 11,100' with Andrea Broaddus in September, 1999
• Mount Tallac, CA, 9,738' with a group in September, 1999
• Forked Butte, OR, 6,400' with Kurt Kamin in October, 2000
• Mount Lincoln, NH, 5,089' with Brigit Brown in September, 2001
• Mount Katahdin, ME, 5,269' with Brigit Brown in September, 2001
• Bell Mountain, MO, 1,702' solo in May, 2002
• Middle Sister, OR, 10,053' with Mitch Moline and Kurt Kamin in August, 2003
• Table Top Mountain, AZ, 4,373' (2,400' gain) with Stephanie Kaufman in 2006
• Black Elk Peak, SD, 7,242' with Gwen Hanson in June, 2014
• Mount LeConte, TN, 6,593' (2,763' gain) solo in December, 2016
• Clingmans Dome, NC/TN, 6,643' with Gwen Hanson in June, 2018
• Black Balsam Knob, NC, 6,214' solo in June, 2018
• Tennent Mountain, NC, 6,040' solo in June, 2018
• Shining Rock, NC, 6,040' solo in June, 2018
• Guadalupe Mountain (South), NM, 8,707' (950' gain) solo in July, 2018
• South Baldy Mtn, CO, 12,381' (1,340' gain) solo in July, 2019
• Blood Mountain, GA, 4,458' (1,450' gain) with Gwen Hanson in November, 2020
• Brasstown Bald, GA, 4,784' with Gwen Hanson, Jeff Delfield et al in November, 2020

Similar life lists are my National Park Life List and Wilderness Area Life List.