Quote Originally Posted by Delfuego View Post
Colorado has 53 14'ers.

We used to have 54! What happened?
If I remember correctly (and remembering can be a chore these days), it has something to do with the "saddles" aka peak prominence (how much it sticks up above its surroundings).
To be classified as a peak, I think the peak has to rise at least 300 feet above a contour line that encircles it, and it alone. It can't be a "spur" or saddle of a larger peak.
Being part of a a saddle is OK, as long as the saddle dips down 300 or more feet below the peak in question.

I think some peaks were "re-classified" when the new definition came out.

Kind of like we all learned that there were 9 planets in the solar system. Now with the new definition of a "planet", Pluto has officially been dropped off the list.
So if you ask a 3rd grader "How many planets are there?" He will, to your surprise, say "8".