I climbed Wheeler Peak in 1994 with my brother. In January 2000, I visited the highpoint of Lea County. That prompted me to embark on a project of visiting the highpoints of all 33 counties in New Mexico. I made good progress in 2000 and 2001, in which I successfully climbed or visited the midsection of the state. By the end of 2001 I had 22 of the 33 counties completed, and a state completion looked promising. In 2002 I visited two more, then five more in 2003. Finally, I finished the remaining five counties in 2004, finishing the project on Santa Fe Baldy with my wife Beth on October 9, 2004. It was a thrill to complete the task, especially to do so with my wife. I also climbed fourteen other highly-prominent mountains, including twelve in 2007 alone. Surprisngly, since then, I have done nothing in the state. I need to go back.

Wheeler Peak August 15, 1994	Mescalero Ridge January 2, 2000	Sandia Crest March 14, 2000	Sugarloaf Mountain March 15, 2000	Curry County Highpoint March 15, 2000
Luciano Mesa March 15, 2000	Roosevelt County Highpoint March 15, 2000	Loma Alta March 15, 2000	Dog Canyon Overlook March 17, 2000	One Tree Peak March 17, 2000
Cerrso de Alejandro September 2, 2000	Mount Taylor September 3, 2000	South Baldy Peak 9/3/2000 & 9/4/2005	McKnight Mountain 9/4/2000 & 9/6/2004	Whitewater Baldy September 23, 2000
Organ Needle March 31, 2001	Lookout Mountain July 14, 2001	Sierra Blanca July 14, 2001	Manzano Mountains October 20, 2001	Mesa Leon October 21, 2001
Sierra Grande May 26, 2002	Beautiful Mountain 10/1/2002 & 7/11/10	Little Costilla Peak September 20, 2003	Truchas Peak June 21, 2003	Elk Mountain September 21, 2003
"Ghost" Peak April 10, 2004	Cookes Peak April 11, 2004	Caballo Mountain September 25, 2004	Redondo Peak September 26, 2004	Santa Fe Baldy October 9, 2004
Mount Withington September 5, 2005	Black Peak November 24, 2006	Hachita Peak March 13, 2007	Burro Peak March 15, 2007	Eagle Mountain May 24, 2007
Timber Mountain July 7, 2007	Brushy Mountain July 9, 2007	Sacramento Mountains August 7, 2007	Capitan Mountains HP August 8, 2007	Gallinas Peak August 8, 2007
Carrizo Peak August 9, 2007	Cerro Vista August 11, 2007	Chicoma Mountain August 11, 2007	Big Hatchet Peak December 20, 2007

The County Highpoints Between 1994 and 2004, I climbed att thirty-three county highpoints of New Mexico. Two pairs of counties share highpoints, so there were actually thirty-one actual highpoints to visit. Bernalillo • Sandia Crest Catron • Whitewater Baldy Chaves • One Tree Peak Cibola • Mount Taylor Colfax • Little Costilla Peak Curry • Near Deadman Canyon De Baca • Loma Alta Dona Ana • Organ Needle Eddy • Dog Canyon Overlook Grant & Sierra • McKnight Mountain Guadalupe • Mesa Leon Harding • Sugarloaf Mountain Hidalgo • "Ghost Peak" Lea • Mescalero Ridge Lincoln • Lookout Mountain Los Alamos • Caballo Mountain Luna • Cookes Peak McKinley • Cerros de Alejandro Mora & Rio Arriba • Truchas Peak Otero • Sierra Blanca Quay • Luciano Mesa Roosevelt • Northwest Corner San Juan • Beautiful Mountain Sandoval • Redondo Peak San Miguel • Elk Mountain Santa Fe • Santa Fe Baldy Socorro • South Baldy Mountain Taos • Wheeler Peak Torrance • Manzano Peak Union • Sierra Grande Valencia • Manzano Range County Map Click on the image for a larger view. New Mexico County Highpoints Statistics Summary All Remaining Peaks This is a list of all other peaks that I have climbed in New Mexico. • Chicoma • Big Hatchet • Capitan • Timber • Carrizo • Cerro Vista • Black • Withington • Brushy • Eagle • Gallinas • Hachita • Sacramento • Burro

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