Hiking Definitions

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kchandler
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Hiking Definitions

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Hey everyone, I'm sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place. I'm new here when it comes to actually diving deep into wanting to hike a 14er.

I have been looking on the internet for an hour for the definition of a "centennial" and "bi-centennial" peak with no luck. Not the mountain peaks them selves.
Can someone tell me what these mean or have a link to a free glossary of terms such as this?
Thanks!
-KC
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Centennial - top 100 elevation (for CO this includes the 53 ranked 14ers and the next highest ranked 47 13ers)
Bicentennial - top 200 elevation

Grey areas of what defines a peak (search forum) and how ties in elevation are settled lead to small changes in these lists of course
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Re: Hiking Definitions

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kchandler wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 2:12 pm Hey everyone, I'm sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place. I'm new here when it comes to actually diving deep into wanting to hike a 14er.

I have been looking on the internet for an hour for the definition of a "centennial" and "bi-centennial" peak with no luck. Not the mountain peaks them selves.
Can someone tell me what these mean or have a link to a free glossary of terms such as this?
Thanks!
-KC
Centennial=100 highest peaks.
BiCentennial= 200 highest peaks.
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Post by EigenDylan »

https://listsofjohn.com/glossary

He's a glossary of other peakbagging terms you might see people use
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Awesome, Thanks everyone!
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