Death Valley National Park Summits

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Death Valley National Park Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Rank	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Quadrangle	Rg	Cl	DPS	G	J
1	11,048	6,148	Telescope Peak	Telescope Peak	PA	1	DPS	1	1
2	9,980	480	Bennett Peak	Telescope Peak	PA	1		1	1
3	9,980	360	Rogers Peak	Telescope Peak	PA	1		1	1
4	9,636	1,574	Sentinel Peak	Panamint	PA	2	DPS	1	1
5	9,101	521	Porter Peak	Panamint	PA	2	DPS	1	1
6	9,064	1,324	Wildrose Peak	Wildrose Peak	PA	1		1	2
7	8,953	4,013	Tin Mountain	Tin Mountain	CM	2	DPS	1	1
8	8,738	4,558	Grapevine Peak	Grapevine Peak	GV	1	DPS	1	1
9	8,674	3,614	Dry Mountain	Dry Mountain	LC	2	DPS	1	1
10	8,628	1,128	Wahguyhe Peak	Wahguyhe Peak	GV	2		1	1
11	8,456	2,396	Last Chance Mountain	Last Chance Mountain	LC	2	DPS	1	1
12	8,270	450	Mormon Benchmark	Panamint	PA
13	7,958	738	Palmer, Mount	Grapevine Peak	GV	2	DPS	1	1
14	7,764	104	Bald Peak	Wildrose Peak	PA
15	7,730	310	Colville Ridge	Telescope Peak	PA
16	7,696	1,676	Galena Benchmark aka Nelson Range HP	Nelson Range	TS	2	DPS	1	1
17	7,607	707	White Top Mountain	White Top Mountain	CM
18	7,508	2,191	Pinto Peak	Emigrant Canyon	PA			1	2
19	7,455	1,475	Hunter Mountain	Jackass Canyon	CM	1
20	7,287	2,347	Towne Benchmark aka “Towne Peak”	Panamint Butte	CM	2		1	1
21	7,195	2,553	Manly Peak	Manly Peak	PA	3	DPS	1	1
22	7,062	1,642	Sandy Benchmark	Sand Spring	LC	1	DPS	1	1
23	7,045	1,785	Saline Peak	Saline Peak	SA		DPS2		1
24	6,726	1,866	Tucki Mountain	Emigrant Canyon	PA	1	DPS	1	1
25	6,703		Pyramid Peak	East of Echo Canyon	FM	1	DPS	1	1
26	6,584		Panamint Butte	Panamint Butte	CM	2	DPS	1	1
27	6,460		Schwaub Peak	Echo Canyon	FM	2		1	1
28	6,428		Aguer Benchmark	Wildrose Peak	PA
29	6,384		Funeral Peak	Funeral Peak	BK	2		1	1
30	6,381		Thimble Peak	Thimble Peak	GV	2		1	1
31	6,300		Aguereberry Point	Wildrose Peak	PA	1
32	5,912		Smith Mountain	Gold Valley	BK	1	DPS	1	1
33	5,890		Canyon Benchmark	Harris Hill	CM	1	DPS	1	1
34	5,804	664	Corkscrew Peak	Thimble Peak	GV	2	DPS	1	1
35	5,803		Needle Peak	Manly Peak	PA	2	DPS	1	1
36	5,716		Perry, Mount	Dantes View	BK	1		1	1
37	5,704		“Dantes View Peak”	Dantes View	BK	1		1	1
38	5,678		Ubehebe Peak	Ubehebe Peak	LC	2		1	1
39	5,490		Coffin Peak	Dantes View	BK	1		1	1
40	5,279		Chloride Cliff	Chloride City	FM	1
41	5,033		Winters Peak	Nevares Peak	FM	1		1	1
42	4,959		Bullfrog Mountain	Beatty	BF	2		1	1
43	4,947		Brown Peak	Deadman Pass	GR	2	DPS	1	1
44	4,820		Sugarloaf Peak	Anvil Spring Canyon West	PA
45	4,773		Striped Butte	Manly Peak	PA	2		1	1
46	4,765		Epaulet Peak	Epaulet Peak	BK		DPS2	1	1
47	4,750		Ibex Peak	Salsberry Peak	IH	2	DPS2	1	1
48	4,666		Owl Benchmark	Hidden Spring	OM
49	4,471		Desert Hound Peak	Shoreline Butte	BK	2	DPS2	1	1
50	4,409		Owlhead Benchmark	Wingate Wash East	OM
51	4,274		Sheephead Mountain	Salsberry Peak	IH			1	1
52	4,254	893	Salsberry Peak	Salsberry Peak	BK		DPS2	1	1
53	4,175	515	Calico Peaks Highpoint	Salsberry Peak	BK
54	3,713		Grandstand, The	Ubehebe Peak	LC
55	3,546		Ashford Peak	Shoreline Butte	BK	2		1	1
56	3,017		Death Valley Buttes	Chloride City	GV	2+		1	1
57	2,859		Nevares Peak	Nevares Peak	FM
58	2,555		Ibex Benchmark	Saddle Peak Hills	IH
59	2,527		Jubilee Mountain	Epaulet Peak	BK	2		1	1
60	1,802	222	Bennett Benchmark	Hanaupah Canyon	PA
61	663		Shoreline Butte	Shoreline Butte	OM	2		1	1
62	-75		Cinder Hill	Shoreline Butte	OM	2		1	1

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our Death Valley National Park climbs
Gerry Roach’s totals: 45 ascents; 45/62 overall
Jennifer Roach’s totals: 48 ascents; 46/62 overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 12/26/16: 91 ascents
There are 62 summits on this list.
Gerry Roach first compiled this list in January, 2004.
The list only covers the major, named peaks in Death Valley National Park, and does not include unnamed, but ranked summits. Also, only a few of the prominent, named benchmarks have been included. There are other named benchmarks that are not on the list.

The abbreviations used in the Range (Rg) column are:

BF:	Bullfrog Hills
BK:	Black Mountains
CM:	Cottonwood Mountains
FM:	Funeral Mountains
GR:	Greenwater Range
GV:	Grapevine Mountains
LC:	Last Chance Range
OM:	Owlshead Mountains
PA:	Panamint Range
SA:	Saline Range
TS:	Trans Sierra

An entry in the DPS column indicates that the peak is on the
Sierra Club’s Desert Peak Section list.

Death Valley National Park Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our Death Valley National Park climbs

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