How about a new list?
VFTT (360?) (New England peaks? Or Northeast peaks?)
Rules: Must have an unobstructed 360 degree view (no towers or trees to climb)
Must be a named peak
Must be climbed on a clear day to capture the view
Edited to post the updated list and clarified rules: (additions and corrections welcome)
New Hampshire: (44)
North Percy, Madison, Adams, Sam Adams, JQ Adams, Adams 4, Adams 5, Jefferson, Clay, Monroe, Franklin, Eisenhower, Boott Spur, Slide Peak, Isolation, Davis, South Twin, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff, Garfield, The Nubble, Lafayette, Lincoln, Little Haystack, Liberty, Crawford, Moosilauke, North Moat, Middle Moat, South Moat, Hight, North Baldface, South Baldface, Eagle Crag, Chocorua, Middle Sugarloaf, First Sister, Welch Mt., Mt. Kearsarge, Mt. Major, Little Blue Job, Monadnock
Maine: (36)
Kahtadin, Hamlin, North Brother, South Brother, Fort, Coe, Doubletop (2), North Traveler, Traveler, Peak of Ridges, South Turner (Baxter), Howe peaks on Katahdin, Sugarloaf , Bigelow West Peak, Bigelow South Horn, Baldpate, Saddleback, Saddleback Horn, Abraham, The Owl, Barren, Boundary Bald , Moxie, Moxie Bald, Kinneo, Sunday River Whitecap, Tumbledown, Low Aziscohos, Little Jackson, Goose Eye, Mt. Desert, Dorr, Champlain, Sargent, Rumford Whitecap, Caribou
Vermont: (4)
Abraham, Camel's Hump, Mansfield, Hunger
New York: (23)
Cascade, Gothics, Skylight, Marcy, Haystack, Algonquin, Basin, Dix, Gray, Iroquois, Hurricane, Mt Jo, Noonmark, Skylight, Lyon, Catamount, Jay Range, Giant, Hadley Mt, Rocky Peak Ridge, Wright Peak, Boundary
Rules:
Must have an unobstructed 360 degree view (no towers or trees to climb)
Must be a named peak
Must be climbed on a clear day to capture the view
Added to the original suggested rules:
I would suggest peaks at least 1000 ft. elevation, 360 view would be unobstructed to at least the next named peak or named feature such as a lake or ocean and should be from one spot on the summit not from moving to different points on the summit. (If there is tower on the summit that does not obstruct the view, i.e. you can move your head to see around it then I think it should count. The same should go for a tree. But if you have to move other then in a circle to get the view then it is obstructed. In a circle means turning while standing in one spot.)
I will add that they can be done by any means legally available. Most will prefer to hike on foot but if you want to parachute to the summit and use a sled to descend it that is fine. But it must be on a clear day.
Clouds are view, too, especially when you can lay back and watch images take shape. And while it is a special treat to summit when everything below you is in the clouds, and you feel like you’re on an island, I think you owe it to yourself to return on a clear day. The spirit of the list is not to cheat yourself out of the view that can be had. So you can ascend and descend in whatever the weather but getting a clear 360 is the goal (wait however long you want) while on the summit. And if you can string together several summits under clear skies all the better.
Snowcover?
If the summit is naturally elevated by snow (not man-made pile) and you get a 360 that is a bonus peak because often the open summits don’t accumulate much buildup due to wind. Obviously they can’t be listed as each winter may be different thus unpredictable.
You’ll have to post your pictures for evidence (or have signed documentation by at least two witnesses.)
VFTT (360?) (New England peaks? Or Northeast peaks?)
Rules: Must have an unobstructed 360 degree view (no towers or trees to climb)
Must be a named peak
Must be climbed on a clear day to capture the view
Edited to post the updated list and clarified rules: (additions and corrections welcome)
New Hampshire: (44)
North Percy, Madison, Adams, Sam Adams, JQ Adams, Adams 4, Adams 5, Jefferson, Clay, Monroe, Franklin, Eisenhower, Boott Spur, Slide Peak, Isolation, Davis, South Twin, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff, Garfield, The Nubble, Lafayette, Lincoln, Little Haystack, Liberty, Crawford, Moosilauke, North Moat, Middle Moat, South Moat, Hight, North Baldface, South Baldface, Eagle Crag, Chocorua, Middle Sugarloaf, First Sister, Welch Mt., Mt. Kearsarge, Mt. Major, Little Blue Job, Monadnock
Maine: (36)
Kahtadin, Hamlin, North Brother, South Brother, Fort, Coe, Doubletop (2), North Traveler, Traveler, Peak of Ridges, South Turner (Baxter), Howe peaks on Katahdin, Sugarloaf , Bigelow West Peak, Bigelow South Horn, Baldpate, Saddleback, Saddleback Horn, Abraham, The Owl, Barren, Boundary Bald , Moxie, Moxie Bald, Kinneo, Sunday River Whitecap, Tumbledown, Low Aziscohos, Little Jackson, Goose Eye, Mt. Desert, Dorr, Champlain, Sargent, Rumford Whitecap, Caribou
Vermont: (4)
Abraham, Camel's Hump, Mansfield, Hunger
New York: (23)
Cascade, Gothics, Skylight, Marcy, Haystack, Algonquin, Basin, Dix, Gray, Iroquois, Hurricane, Mt Jo, Noonmark, Skylight, Lyon, Catamount, Jay Range, Giant, Hadley Mt, Rocky Peak Ridge, Wright Peak, Boundary
Rules:
Must have an unobstructed 360 degree view (no towers or trees to climb)
Must be a named peak
Must be climbed on a clear day to capture the view
Added to the original suggested rules:
I would suggest peaks at least 1000 ft. elevation, 360 view would be unobstructed to at least the next named peak or named feature such as a lake or ocean and should be from one spot on the summit not from moving to different points on the summit. (If there is tower on the summit that does not obstruct the view, i.e. you can move your head to see around it then I think it should count. The same should go for a tree. But if you have to move other then in a circle to get the view then it is obstructed. In a circle means turning while standing in one spot.)
I will add that they can be done by any means legally available. Most will prefer to hike on foot but if you want to parachute to the summit and use a sled to descend it that is fine. But it must be on a clear day.
Clouds are view, too, especially when you can lay back and watch images take shape. And while it is a special treat to summit when everything below you is in the clouds, and you feel like you’re on an island, I think you owe it to yourself to return on a clear day. The spirit of the list is not to cheat yourself out of the view that can be had. So you can ascend and descend in whatever the weather but getting a clear 360 is the goal (wait however long you want) while on the summit. And if you can string together several summits under clear skies all the better.
Snowcover?
If the summit is naturally elevated by snow (not man-made pile) and you get a 360 that is a bonus peak because often the open summits don’t accumulate much buildup due to wind. Obviously they can’t be listed as each winter may be different thus unpredictable.
You’ll have to post your pictures for evidence (or have signed documentation by at least two witnesses.)
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