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Post : Why is a 14,000 Foot Summit Not Valid for SOTA?
URL :
https://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2022/09/why-is-14er-not-sota/ Posted : 8 September 2022 at 10:00 am
Author : Bob K0NR
Categories : Colorado, Ham Radio, Mountains, SOTA
There are over 50 summits in Colorado with an elevation of 14,000 feet or higher. These are commonly called fourteeners (or 14ers) and get a lot of attention from outdoor enthusiasts. Some folks have climbed all of them,
which quickly leads to the question of What Is A Fourteener? This question
is really about what is a distinct fourteener versus when is a summit just a subpeak of another fourteener. The Colorado Mountain Club list of 14ers (
https://ham14er.groups.io/g/ham14er/wiki/23189 ) shows 54 peaks, while other lists include a few more summits. Doing a search on Lists Of John (
https://listsofjohn.com/searchres?Elev=14&sort=p&State=CO ) reveals there
are 74 locations in the state that exceed 14,000 feet. What constitutes "the correct list of 14ers" is often debated in the climbing community but I won't try to sort that out here. I'll use the Colorado Mountain Club list of 54 summits for this posting.
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