• Climb/Hike
  • Mexico 1990
  • Ecuador 1992
  • Denali 1996
  • Ptarmigan 1999
  • USA State HPs
  • US Prominence
  • NW Eighteen
  • WA Niners
  • NC Classics
  • OR Highest
  • OR Prominence
  • CA Fourteeners
  • CO Fourteeners
  • SW USA Peaks

Eighteen Major Northwest Peaks

These eighteen peaks are considered by both the Chemeketans and the Mazamas as the "Major Northwest Peaks" and recognize their members with awards who successfully climb these peaks on club climbs. The Chemeketans include all eighteen peaks; the Mazamas include sixteen of them, excluding Broken Top and Mount Theilsen.

Linda joined me on our quest to climb these peaks. We shared most of the climbs together, often leading the climbs in order to get them on the official Chemeketan climb schedule. She successfully completed her goal in 1994 on Mount Baker. I completed mine in 1993 on Mount Shuksan.

The Peaks

Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	State	Year
Mount Rainier	14411	13210	Washington	1980
Mount Shasta	14162	9762	California	1986
Mount Adams	12276	8116	Washington	1977
Mount Hood	11239	7706	Oregon	1977
Mount Baker	10781	8812	Washington	1993
Glacier Peak	10520	7498	Washington	1985
Mount Jefferson	10497	5777	Oregon	1978
South Sister	10358	5588	Oregon	1976
North Sister	10085	2725	Oregon	1979
Middle Sister	10047	1127	Oregon	1975
Mount Stuart	9415	5354	Washington	1982
Mount Thielsen	9182	3342	Oregon	1977
Broken Top	9175	2175	Oregon	1984
Mount Shuksan	9131	4411	Washington	1993
Mount Saint Helens	8333	4573	Washington	1977
Mount Olympus	7969	7838	Washington	1992
Three Fingered Jack	7841	2481	Oregon	1979
Mount Washington	7794	2554	Oregon	1979

Eighteen Major Northwest Peaks

References

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2. Beckey, Fred, Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes, Vol. 2, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass, Second Edition, The Mountaineers, 1989.
3. Beckey, Fred, Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes, Vol. 3, Rainy Pass to Fraser River, Second Edition, The Mountaineers, 1995.
4. Gauthier, Mike and Bruce Barcott, Mount Rainier: A Climbing Guide, The Mountaineers, 1999.
5. Nelson, Jim and Peter Potterfield, Selected Climbs in the Cascades, The Mountaineers, 1993.
6. Nelson, Jim and Peter Potterfield, Selected Climbs in the Cascades, Volume II, The Mountaineers, 2000.
7. Olympic Mountain Rescue, Climber's Guide to the Olympic Mountains, Third Edition, The Mountaineers, 1988.
8. Porcella, Stephen F. and Cameron M. Burns, California's Fourteeners, Palisades Press, 1991.
9. Porcella, Stephen F. and Cameron M. Burns, Climbing California's Fourteeners, The Mountaineers, 1998.
10. Thomas, Jeff, Oregon High: A Climbing Guide, Keep Climbing Press, 1991.