By: Arthur Anderson
I recently read an article in the RGJ about a woman who has hiked the tallest peaks in each of the lower 48 states, twice. She also finished hiking the tallest peaks in each of Idaho’s 44 counties. Sounds pretty ambitious, but I got to thinking that as a Crossfit community this might be a fun challenge for ourselves, our friends and family, that gets us exercising and enjoying the great outdoors together.
I’m going to take up the challenge and I invite you to join me. I found a list on www.mountainzone.com of 136 summits in Washoe county ranging from Mount Rose at 10,709 feet to Twentyone Mile Hill at 4,554 feet. I’m going to start by hiking the 20 highest peaks in Washoe County. My goal is to complete this list by the end of next year; sooner if weather permits. I know some of you “crazies” may want to do each hike for time and compare notes, that could be fun too, but me, I’m going for completion of the list.
WASHOE COUNTY PEAKS
| 1 | Mount Rose | 10,709 ft (3,264 m) |
| 2 | Church Peak | 10,613 ft (3,235 m) |
| 3 | Mount Houghton | 10,482 ft (3,195 m) |
| 4 | Relay Peak | 10,272 ft (3,131 m) |
| 5 | Snowflower Mountain | 10,220 ft (3,115 m) |
| 6 | Tamarack Peak | 9,872 ft (3,009 m) |
| 7 | Slide Mountain | 9,632 ft (2,936 m) |
| 8 | Rose Knob Peak | 9,613 ft (2,930 m) |
| 9 | Rose Knob | 9,573 ft (2,918 m) |
| 10 | Rifle Peak | 9,462 ft (2,884 m) |
| 11 | Chocolate Peak | 9,406 ft (2,867 m) |
| 12 | Mount Baldy | 9,265 ft (2,824 m) |
| 13 | Alpine Walk Peak | 8,957 ft (2,730 m) |
| 14 | Granite Peak | 8,940 ft (2,725 m) |
| 15 | Marlette Peak | 8,743 ft (2,665 m) |
| 16 | Tule Peak | 8,707 ft (2,654 m) |
| 17 | Herlan Peak | 8,546 ft (2,605 m) |
| 18 | Virginia Peak | 8,248 ft (2,514 m) |
| 19 | Pah Rah Mountain | 8,222 ft (2,506 m) |
| 20 | Peavine Peak | 8,215 ft (2,504 m) |
I have also added to my list the tallest peaks for each of Nevada’s 17 counties, but with no formal completion time, as they are more time consuming to plan and complete.
NEVADA COUNTYIES PEAKS
Carson City County Snow Valley Peak 9204 feet
Churchill County Desatoya Peak 9973 feet
Clark County Charleston Peak 11,918 feet
Douglas County East Peak 9591 feet
Elko County Ruby Dome 11,387 feet
Esmerelda County Boundary Peak 13,143 feet State highpoint
Eureka County Diamond Peak 10,614 feet
Humboldt County Granite Peak 9732 feet
Lander County Bunker Hill 11,474 feet
Lincoln County Mt. Grafton liner 10,640 feet
Lyon County Middle Sister liner 10,570 feet
Mineral County Mt. Grant 11,280 feet
Nye County So Jefferson 11,941 feet
Pershing County Star Peak 9836 feet
Storey County Mt. Davidson 7864 feet
Washoe County Mt. Rose 10,776 feet
White Pine County Wheeler Peak 13,063 feet
Other websites with additional information about these hikes are: www.highpointers.org, www.summitpost.org and www.peakbagger.com.
As I complete each hike, I will post it and I encourage you to do the same if you’re interested. Good luck to any of you who would like to join me.