Steepness Peak List
Barbara Lilley has completed 72 Contiguous US Top 1000 Greatest Average Steepness Peaks
| Angle Rank |
Name |
Avg. Steepness |
Avg. Drop |
Elevation |
Prominence |
State |
Counties |
Quadrangle |
| 8 | Pronghorn Peak | 64.87° | 699' | 12,371' | 995' | WY | Sublette | Roberts Mountain |
| 37 | Cathedral Spires | 61.14° | 595' | 6,121' | 444' | CA | Mariposa | El Capitan |
| 46 | Teepe Pillar | 60.42° | 578' | 12,334' | 305' | WY | Teton | Grand Teton |
| 48 | Weavers Needle | 60.35° | 576' | 4,553' | 1,013' | AZ | Pinal | Weavers Needle |
| 51 | Half Dome | 60.28° | 575' | 8,860' | 1,400' | CA | Mariposa | Half Dome |
| 54 | Humphreys, Mount | 60.07° | 570' | 13,993' | 2,576' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Mount Tom |
| 57 | Temple Peak | 59.97° | 568' | 12,982' | 1,483' | WY | Sublette | Temple Peak |
| 74 | Montezuma Head | 59.12° | 549' | 3,634' | 1,014' | AZ | Pima | Mount Ajo |
| 91 | Picacho Peak | 58.46° | 535' | 1,930' | 1,107' | CA | Imperial | Picacho Peak |
| 130 | "Michael Minaret" | 57.02° | 506' | 12,279' | 288' | CA | Madera | Mount Ritter |
| 135 | Clarence King, Mount | 56.96° | 504' | 12,906' | 1,196' | CA | Fresno | Mount Clarence King |
| 143 | "Squaretop" | 56.73° | 500' | 13,548' | 384' | CA | Tulare | Mount Kaweah |
| 154 | Teewinot Mountain | 56.37° | 493' | 12,332' | 829' | WY | Teton | Grand Teton |
| 180 | Washington, Mount | 55.57° | 479' | 7,794' | 2,574' | OR | Deschutes & Linn | Mount Washington |
| 185 | "Clyde Minaret" | 55.42° | 476' | 12,288' | 1,177' | CA | Madera | Mount Ritter |
| 233 | Sphinx, The | 54.31° | 457' | 13,277' | 328' | WY | Fremont & Sublette | Gannett Peak |
| 251 | Helen, Mount | 53.92° | 450' | 13,625' | 861' | WY | Sublette | Gannett Peak |
| 275 | Wetterhorn Peak | 53.51° | 444' | 14,021' | 1,656' | CO | Hinsdale & Ouray | Wetterhorn Peak |
| 278 | Stroud Peak | 53.44° | 442' | 12,207' | 462' | WY | Sublette | Gannett Peak |
| 300 | Picacho Peak | 52.97° | 435' | 3,387' | 1,587' | AZ | Pinal | Newman Peak |
| 335 | Baron Peak | 52.45° | 427' | 10,297' | 657' | ID | Boise & Custer | Warbonnet Peak |
| 350 | Elk Peak | 52.29° | 424' | 10,612' | 1,204' | ID | Boise & Custer | Warbonnet Peak |
| 365 | 12398 | 52.15° | 422' | 12,398' | 332' | CA | Fresno | Mount Hilgard |
| 380 | Owen, Mount | 51.98° | 420' | 12,932' | 844' | WY | Teton | Grand Teton |
| 386 | Bear Creek Spire | 51.92° | 419' | 13,720' | 899' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Mount Hilgard |
| 388 | Red Kaweah | 51.87° | 418' | 13,823' | 2,042' | CA | Tulare | Triple Divide Peak |
| 400 | Shuksan, Mount | 51.68° | 415' | 9,130' | 4,405' | WA | Whatcom | Mount Shuksan |
| 432 | Notch Peak | 51.39° | 411' | 9,659' | 3,419' | UT | Millard | Notch Peak |
| 434 | "Waller Minaret" | 51.38° | 411' | 11,715' | 570' | CA | Madera | Mount Ritter |
| 447 | Grand Teton | 51.22° | 408' | 13,775' | 6,534' | WY | Teton | Grand Teton |
| 449 | "Starr Minaret" | 51.18° | 408' | 11,508' | 398' | CA | Madera | Mount Ritter |
| 487 | North Guard | 50.80° | 402' | 13,333' | 632' | CA | Tulare | Mount Brewer |
| 494 | Old Smokey Mountain | 50.75° | 402' | 4,373' | 673' | AZ | Yuma | Palm Canyon |
| 498 | Woodrow Wilson, Mount | 50.72° | 401' | 13,512' | 547' | WY | Sublette | Gannett Peak |
| 514 | Raid Peak | 50.60° | 399' | 12,539' | 902' | WY | Sublette | Mount Bonneville |
| 519 | Banner Peak | 50.52° | 398' | 12,956' | 913' | CA | Madera | Mount Ritter |
| 549 | Uncompahgre Peak | 50.21° | 394' | 14,318' | 4,249' | CO | Hinsdale | Uncompahgre Peak |
| 551 | Crestone Needle | 50.20° | 394' | 14,196' | 455' | CO | Custer & Saguache | Crestone Peak |
| 561 | Tower Peak | 50.11° | 393' | 11,754' | 2,175' | CA | Mono & Tuolumne | Tower Peak |
| 563 | Milestone Mountain | 50.11° | 393' | 13,651' | 751' | CA | Tulare | Mount Brewer |
| 594 | Lippincott Mountain | 49.85° | 389' | 12,258' | 1,256' | CA | Tulare | Triple Divide Peak |
| 602 | Wolverine Peak | 49.77° | 388' | 12,638' | 1,363' | WY | Fremont | Roberts Mountain |
| 616 | Farquhar, Mount | 49.63° | 386' | 12,894' | 694' | CA | Tulare | Mount Brewer |
| 676 | King Peak | 49.11° | 379' | 11,054' | 1,355' | NV | Elko | Franklin Lake NW |
| 704 | Fin Dome | 48.95° | 377' | 11,672' | 435' | CA | Fresno | Mount Clarence King |
| 717 | Harrington, Mount | 48.82° | 375' | 11,008' | 298' | CA | Fresno | Cedar Grove |
| 733 | Cathedral Peak | 48.68° | 373' | 10,945' | 811' | CA | Mariposa & Tuolumne | Tenaya Lake |
| 779 | Castaneda Peak | 48.37° | 369' | 2,733' | 803' | AZ | Mohave | Castaneda Hills |
| 790 | Eagle Scout Peak | 48.29° | 368' | 12,036' | 384' | CA | Tulare | Triple Divide Peak |
| 795 | "Second Kaweah" | 48.23° | 367' | 13,680' | 567' | CA | Tulare | Mount Kaweah |
| 800 | Middle Palisade | 48.20° | 367' | 14,045' | 1,166' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Split Mountain |
| 803 | Cleveland, Mount | 48.19° | 367' | 10,469' | 5,253' | MT | Glacier | Mount Cleveland |
| 833 | Jordan, Mount | 47.98° | 364' | 13,335' | 637' | CA | Tulare | Mount Brewer |
| 838 | 2940 | 47.97° | 364' | 2,940' | 360' | AZ | Yuma | Livingston Hills |
| 840 | Matterhorn | 47.96° | 364' | 9,834' | 342' | OR | Wallowa | Eagle Cap |
| 853 | Jepson, Mount | 47.86° | 363' | 13,397' | 334' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Split Mountain |
| 855 | Thompson Peak | 47.86° | 363' | 9,002' | 3,972' | CA | Trinity | Thompson Peak |
| 876 | Gayley, Mount | 47.71° | 361' | 13,509' | 456' | CA | Inyo | Split Mountain |
| 885 | Palisade Crest | 47.66° | 360' | 13,582' | 646' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Split Mountain |
| 888 | Packrat Peak | 47.65° | 360' | 10,309' | 776' | ID | Boise & Custer | Warbonnet Peak |
| 908 | Cotter, Mount | 47.50° | 358' | 12,731' | 578' | CA | Fresno | Mount Clarence King |
| 914 | Nez Perce | 47.47° | 358' | 11,903' | 511' | WY | Teton | Grand Teton |
| 915 | Mohawk Peak | 47.45° | 357' | 1,975' | 1,445' | AZ | Yuma | Growler |
| 921 | Kino Peak | 47.44° | 357' | 3,197' | 1,547' | AZ | Pima | Kino Peak |
| 925 | Muir, Mount | 47.41° | 357' | 14,028' | 318' | CA | Inyo & Tulare | Mount Whitney |
| 926 | Thumb Peak | 47.41° | 357' | 1,374' | 604' | CA | Imperial | Thumb Peak |
| 936 | Castle Mountain | 47.34° | 356' | 12,616' | 2,676' | MT | Carbon | Castle Mountain |
| 950 | "Treasure Peak" | 47.25° | 355' | 12,978' | 478' | CA | Inyo | Mount Abbot |
| 952 | Thumb, The | 47.23° | 355' | 13,393' | 607' | CA | Inyo | Split Mountain |
| 953 | 3580 | 47.23° | 355' | 3,580' | 360' | CA | Riverside | Pinto Wells |
| 972 | Windom Peak | 47.09° | 353' | 14,089' | 2,166' | CO | La Plata | Columbine Pass |
| 982 | Cardinal Mountain | 47.05° | 352' | 13,405' | 553' | CA | Fresno & Inyo | Mount Pinchot |
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