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Oregon's Highest Peaks

Jeff Howbert published a list of "Oregon's 100 Highest Peaks" in the May 1996 issue of Pack & Paddle magazine. Peaks on his list have at least 500 feet of prominence (rising at least 500 feet above any saddle connecting it to anything higher). Many of these peaks are not named on USGS maps. Jeff chose to name those peaks after the name of their adjacent drainages.

Since the publication of Jeff Howbert's list, it has been recognized on Peakbagger.com that Peak 8428 in the Elkhorns qualifies for the list with at least 508 feet of prominence, and I have added it as number 63. This shifted Crook Peak off the list of the 100 highest.

This page includes the 101 highest peaks of Oregon, organized by region and sorted within region by elevation. To these I add Oregon peaks having at least 7500 feet of elevation and 300 feet of prominence as I visit them.

Most of Oregon's Highest Peaks are in the Blue and Wallowa Mountains in the northeast corner of the state, rather than in the more familiar Cascade Range. For many years I focused on climbing the Cascade peaks, and neglected Oregon's rich variety of geology and ecosystems. I look forward to many years of exploring this varied state.

Oregon's Highest Peaks

(24/31) (81/100)

The Peaks by Region

Cascade Range
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
1	Mount Hood	11239	7706	57.3	1977
2	Mount Jefferson	10497	5777	48.1	1978
3	South Sister	10358	5588	39.4	1976
4	North Sister	10085	2725	4.3	1979
5	Middle Sister	10047	1127	1.4	1975
16	Mount McLoughlin	9495	4455	69.5	1980
22	Mount Thielsen	9182	3342	50.4	1977
23	Broken Top	9175	2175	3.1	1984
-	Broken Top - South Peak	9094	454	0.3	2019
29	Mount Bachelor	9065	2665	6.9	2001
35	Mount Scott	8929	3009	16.1	1981
45	Diamond Peak	8744	3104	25.7	2011
67	Mount Bailey	8368	2968	7.6	2006
71	Howlock Mountain	8324	804	3.0	2010
73	Aspen Butte	8208	3088	14.2	2011
75	Hollys Ridge	8178	538	0.8	2008
76	Hillman Peak	8151	1391	7.5	2007
77	Dutton Cliff	8147	1107	3.1	2007
80	Applegate Peak	8126	1022	1.1	2010
83	Ball Butte	8091	531	0.9	2002
-	Cloud Cap	8065	345	1.0	2019
84	Llao Rock	8049	729	2.3	2007
85	Pelican Butte	8036	2196	9.4	2011
-	The Watchman	8013	413	0.6	2019
92	Mount Harriman	7979	1279	3.9	2011
98	Mount Carmine	7882	522	1.0	2011
100	Three Fingered Jack	7841	2481	12.6	1979
103	Maiden Peak	7818	2578	10.8	2012
105	Mount Washington	7794	2554	10.1	1979
108	Tumalo Mountain	7775	1055	2.3	2002
112	Union Peak	7709	1509	7.0	2014
115	Cowhorn Mountain	7664	1824	9.0	2014
117	The Husband	7594	1434	3.0	1979

Wallowa Mountains
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
6	Sacajawea Peak (Wallowa Mtns HP)	9838	6388	125.5	1989
-	Matterhorn	9826	333	1.2	1989
7	Hurwal Divide	9776	856	1.7	2020
9	Aneroid Mountain	9702	2102	5.8	2013
10	Petes Point	9675	1235	2.4
11	Twin Peaks	9673	1953	4.8	2016
12	Chief Joseph Mountain	9616	776	1.7
13	Eagle Cap	9572	1212	4.3	1989
14	Red Mountain	9560+	1960	7.3	2022
15	Cusick Mountain	9518	878	3.3
17	Hidden Peak/Aneroid Mountain North	9440+	600	1.5	2013
18	Sentinel Peak	9400+	520	1.7
19	Hurricane Divide South	9386	966	1.5
21	Elkhorn Peak	9233	1860	3.3	2017
24	Glacier Mountain	9169	849	2.4
25	Mount Melissa/East McCully Basin Peak	9128	528	1.7	2013
27	Krag Peak	9080+	1240	2.0	2022
27	Dollar Ridge/Dollar Lake Peak	9080+	560	1.1	2013
31	Needle Point	9018	1458	3.3
32	Traverse Lake East Peak	8949	1229	3.8	2014
33	Echo Lake Northwest Peak	8934	774	1.7	2014
37	Eagle Lake East	8924	764	1.2
38	Marble Mountain	8921	681	2.5
41	Ruby Peak	8884	644	1.2
42	Blue Lake Southwest	8839	519	1.2
43	Long Lake South	8820	500	1.8
44	Lookout Mountain (Wallowa Mtns)	8800+	960	3.7
47	Granite Butte	8679	679	1.6	2013
48	Culver Lake South/Peak 8676	8676	716	1.5
49	Chimney Lake North	8675	595	0.8
50	China Cap	8656	776	1.5	2013
53	Granite Creek East	8627	547	2.9
55	Cached Lake South/Peak 8587	8587	547	1.5
61	Arrow Lake Peak	8448	568	1.1	2014
62	[Lostine-Moccasin]	8441	685	0.9
68	[N Minam-Bear]	8352	632	1.6
69	Hidden Lake North	8335	575	1.0
94	Sugarloaf Mountain	7960+	600	0.5	2017
-	< 500 feet of prominence
[ ]	name indicates a pair of lakes or drainages near the peak
+	at least this high

Basin and Range (SE Oregon)
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
8	Steens Mountain	9733	4373	124.7	2012
20	[Kiger-Mann]	9348	508	3.2	2012
-	Steens Peak 9213	9213	373	0.9	2012
52	Pueblo Mountain (Pueblo Mtns HP)	8632	3032	28.3	2012
60	Crane Mountain	8456	2336	44.4	2009
64	West Pueblo Ridge/Central Pueblo Mountains Peak	8420	1620	2.8	2012
65	Drake Peak	8407	2547	17.3	2009
66	Gearhart Mountain	8370	3430	40.8	2007
70	Light Peak	8325	505	1.3	2009
74	Yamsay Mountain	8196	3176	33.0	2011
78	Twelvemile Peak	8144	704	1.5	2009
79	Dead Horse Rim	8134	1234	4.4	2007
87	Oregon Canyon Mountains Peak/Stevenson Benchmark	8027	1607	16.5	2013
88	Warner Peak (Hart Mtn HP)	8017	2117	22.1	2009
95	Cougar Peak	7919	1839	16.7	2009
96	Beatys Butte	7918	2055	21.5	2012
101	Crook Peak	7834	654	2.1	2009
110	Grizzly Peak (Fremont NF)	7768	1428	3.8	2019
111	Slide Mountain (Fremont NF)	7762	782	8.9	2019
121	Abert Rim	7543	683	4.4	2019
-	Bald Butte (Fremont NF)	7536	376	3.2	2023
122	Blue Mountain (Fremont NF)	7534	534	2.3	2019
-	< 500 feet of prominence
[ ]	name indicates a pair of lakes or drainages near the peak

Elkhorn and Greenhorn Mountains
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
26	Rock Creek Butte (Elkhorn Mtns HP)	9106	4466	43.4	2008
34	Elkhorn Peak	8931	691	1.5	2008
36	Red Mountain	8928	1048	5.6	2014
39	Cougar Pond SW Peak	8920+	760	1.1	2015
40	Twin Mountain	8897	1457	3.1	2020
-	Cougar Pond SE Peak	8878	438	0.8	2019
46	Van Patten Butte	8729	1169	2.3	2012
-	Maxwell Benchmark	8704	464	1.2	2020
51	Angell Peak	8646	686	1.4	2012
54	Mount Ruth	8600	760	3.0	2012
-	Dutch Flat Saddle North	8538	338	0.5	2021
58	Dutch Flat Saddle South	8525	605	1.0	2012
63	Peak 8428	8428	508	1.3	2012
-	Elkhorn Ridge	8357	357	1.5	2021
72	Mount Ireland	8321	1041	5.6	2009
-	Cunningham Ridge	8116	316	0.6	2021
81	Vinegar Hill (Greenhorn Mtns HP)	8120+	2840	14.4	2009
82	Columbia Hill	8117	517	1.5	2012
89	Crown Point	8006	526	1.6	2014
-	Marble Point	7931	389	1.0	2023
109	Sunrise Butte	7770	560	1.6	2020
118	Dixie Butte	7592	2312	8.7	2013
-	Bear Butte	7518	398	1.1	2023
+	at least this high

Strawberry Mountains
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
30	Strawberry Mountain (Strawberry Mtns HP)	9038	4080	46.1	1985
56	Graham Mountain	8570	850	4.2	2010
57	Indian Spring Butte	8529	569	1.9	2008
59	[Riner Basin-Slide]	8511	631	1.0	2010
86	Lookout Mountain (Strawberry Mtns)	8032	2112	6.2	2009
90	[Berry-Norton]	8000+	840	7.4	2010
93	Pine Creek Mtn., E Peak *	7975	535	3.7	2010
97	Indian Creek Butte	7886	616	1.9	2010
99	Bullrun Rock	7873	1873	9.9	2009
104	Ironside Mountain	7811	2211	9.3	2016
[ ]	name indicates a pair of lakes or drainages near the peak
*	unofficial name
+	at least this high

High Lava Plains
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
91	Paulina Peak (Paulina Mts HP)	7984	3214	28.9	1985
114	North Paulina Peak	7686	677	3.9	2019

Klamath Mountains
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
123	Mount Ashland	7532	3132	30.4	2016

Sources

Peakbagger.com: Paul's Oregon Top 100 Peaks
The Northwest Peakbaggers Asylum

References

1. Bond, Barbara I., 75 Scrambles in Oregon: best non-technical ascents, The Mountaineers Books, 2005.
2. Sullivan, William L., 100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Eastern Oregon, Navillus Press, 2002.
3. Sullivan, William L., 100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades, third edition, Navillus Press, 2005.
4. Thomas, Jeff, Oregon High: A Climbing Guide, Keep Climbing Press, 1991.