Get Avy 1 training
Get first snowflake ascent
Spring snow climb of Mt. Sneffles via Lavender col
Mt. Harvard
Mt. Adams (Washington) via south side route
Mount of the Holy Cross
Castle and Connundrum Peaks
2026 Goals
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BRadleyC
- Posts: 4
- Joined: 1/27/2022
- 14ers: 32
- 13ers: 1
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: 2026 Goals
-5 14er repeats (2 in 2025 was at least a break from my several-year hiatus)
-5+ new-to-me 13ers
-at least a dozen other 12k or 13k summits, fine if repeats
-a couple half-marathons, maybe Leadville?
-get a big girl job again, so that I can go from 5 jobs down to 3
-travel to at least one new-to-me nation
-somehow return to the EU for a visit at least, hike miscellaneous things there
-visit the Daks and snag a couple more of the 46, maybe even tag Washington if I have time
-OR visit friends in Calgary and do an easy summit or two in vicinity of Banff
-read 25+ books
-continue building up my published writing portfolio (more litmag/mag publications in addition to newspapers)
-attend at least two writing conferences
-get down to NM to hike Wheeler with mopphares!
-5+ new-to-me 13ers
-at least a dozen other 12k or 13k summits, fine if repeats
-a couple half-marathons, maybe Leadville?
-get a big girl job again, so that I can go from 5 jobs down to 3
-travel to at least one new-to-me nation
-somehow return to the EU for a visit at least, hike miscellaneous things there
-visit the Daks and snag a couple more of the 46, maybe even tag Washington if I have time
-OR visit friends in Calgary and do an easy summit or two in vicinity of Banff
-read 25+ books
-continue building up my published writing portfolio (more litmag/mag publications in addition to newspapers)
-attend at least two writing conferences
-get down to NM to hike Wheeler with mopphares!
"The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need – if only we had the eyes to see." -Ed Abbey
"I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark—I'm on fire almost—I'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am." from The Things They Carried
"I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark—I'm on fire almost—I'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am." from The Things They Carried
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annak
- Posts: 2
- Joined: 12/21/2025
- 13ers: 6
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: 2026 Goals
First 14er
A few more 13ers
Finish hiking the Colorado Trail
Picket Wire Canyon Dino Tracks
West Gold Hill Dino Tracks
A few more 13ers
Finish hiking the Colorado Trail
Picket Wire Canyon Dino Tracks
West Gold Hill Dino Tracks
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mtnbikir
- Posts: 348
- Joined: 8/6/2006
- 14ers: 23
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: 2026 Goals
Finish the CT , more hikes with my kids..
Last edited by mtnbikir on Fri Jan 02, 2026 3:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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RWinters
- Posts: 209
- Joined: 12/29/2014
- 14ers: 58
- 13ers: 406 1
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: 2026 Goals
Avoid a broken neck (failed goal from 2020)
Avoid Pulmonary Edema (failed goal from 2021)
Avoid kidney failure (failed goal from 2025)
Assuming good health and some motivation:
Get my twins up their 1st 14er
Trinity to finish the Centennials
Wapiti Peak (UT 13er) to finish the UT 13ers
Some new 13ers and spending time with friends
Avoid Pulmonary Edema (failed goal from 2021)
Avoid kidney failure (failed goal from 2025)
Assuming good health and some motivation:
Get my twins up their 1st 14er
Trinity to finish the Centennials
Wapiti Peak (UT 13er) to finish the UT 13ers
Some new 13ers and spending time with friends
"It's just right there"
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darkstar32685
- Posts: 1
- Joined: 4/8/2015
- 14ers: 39 3
- 13ers: 13 3
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: 2026 Goals
-Get my non-repeat 14er count up to 50(currently at 37)
-Do more winter hiking than I did this year.
-Trad climb more than I did this year.
-Climb my first 4000m peak(heading to Switzerland in August)
-Do more winter hiking than I did this year.
-Trad climb more than I did this year.
-Climb my first 4000m peak(heading to Switzerland in August)
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Cide
- Posts: 132
- Joined: 12/17/2018
- 14ers: 58 5
- 13ers: 5
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: 2026 Goals
-Do the Manitou Incline weekly.
-Train for AND complete a 50k.
-Start staring long and hard at the 13ers.
-Train for AND complete a 50k.
-Start staring long and hard at the 13ers.
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AstroOscura
- Posts: 1
- Joined: 10/16/2025
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: 2026 Goals
If all goes according to plan, I will finish the Sawatch Range before 2026, leaving most of the Sangres, Elks, and San Juans. I'd like to finish 2026 with the Sangre's done, and hopefully the Elks too.
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matt_foco
- Posts: 30
- Joined: 3/16/2015
- 14ers: 48
- 13ers: 125
- Trip Reports (2)
Re: 2026 Goals
Finish the 8 14ers I have left and reach 150 13er summits, (currently at a 50/58, 140 split.) Past year slowed me down due to a ruptured Achilles and a torn Penoreal tendon 7 months later. I was going to go for a 6,000M peak here in Chili, but I will save it for another year when I am at 100 percent (currently at only 55-60 percent recovered.)
"Destroy all summit signs" -Mace Windu, 2004
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Scott P
- Posts: 9827
- Joined: 5/4/2005
- 14ers: 58 16
- 13ers: 53 14
- Trip Reports (16)
Re: 2026 Goals
2026 Wish List:
https://www.summitpost.org/2026-wish-list/1098120
I was laid off from my job on 12/11/2025 though so have no idea how that will effect things. Unfortunately in 2025 I had too much time on my hands (not enough projects available) and would rather be busier at work.
https://www.summitpost.org/2026-wish-list/1098120
I was laid off from my job on 12/11/2025 though so have no idea how that will effect things. Unfortunately in 2025 I had too much time on my hands (not enough projects available) and would rather be busier at work.
I'm old, slow and fat. Unfortunately, those are my good qualities.
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kangar00jack
- Posts: 6
- Joined: 4/17/2021
- 14ers: 55
- 13ers: 5
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: 2026 Goals
1. Finish the 14ers:
- Culebra
- Snowmass
- Antero
2. One or both of the two traverses left:
- Crestones Traverse
- Little Bear - Blanca
3. Visit Glacier NP
- Culebra
- Snowmass
- Antero
2. One or both of the two traverses left:
- Crestones Traverse
- Little Bear - Blanca
3. Visit Glacier NP
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daway8
- Posts: 1650
- Joined: 8/24/2017
- 14ers: 58 31
- 13ers: 179 30
- Trip Reports (83)
Re: 2026 Goals
With 2025 climbing wrapped up, I'm finally coming in late to the party with my 2026 list.
1. Have some great adventures in the mountains! (recycled from last year and helps redeem even non-summit days)
2. Finish Lap 2 of the 14ers. (Need Culebra and Capitol - both eyeing winter possibilities; plus the Eolus pair and a finish on San Luis)
3. Reach Half-Frozen Finisher status. (I'm realizing how crazy long it might take to be a fully Frozen Finisher at the pace I go but I at least want to get a couple more so I can be a Half-Frozen Finisher and may or may not try to go all the way. Queue eye rolls from some; chuckles from a few and ego flare-ups from a couple...)
4. Get more 13er snowflakes (as well as 13ers throughout the year). (Just realized last winter was so 14er focused that I only got 1 13er flake in - while I may go for a little more for 14ers - see 2 and 3 above - I want to shake it up a little in the winters at the start and end up 2026).
5. Get more efficient at camping - especially winter camping. (killed my 2025 finale with a 53lbs pack - gotta figure out how to make that lighter and still thrive with temperatures in the teens)
6. Try to be less of a hermit hiker. (Barely reached the 50/50 mark in 2025; want to drop it clearly below 50% for 2026)
1. Have some great adventures in the mountains! (recycled from last year and helps redeem even non-summit days)
2. Finish Lap 2 of the 14ers. (Need Culebra and Capitol - both eyeing winter possibilities; plus the Eolus pair and a finish on San Luis)
3. Reach Half-Frozen Finisher status. (I'm realizing how crazy long it might take to be a fully Frozen Finisher at the pace I go but I at least want to get a couple more so I can be a Half-Frozen Finisher and may or may not try to go all the way. Queue eye rolls from some; chuckles from a few and ego flare-ups from a couple...)
4. Get more 13er snowflakes (as well as 13ers throughout the year). (Just realized last winter was so 14er focused that I only got 1 13er flake in - while I may go for a little more for 14ers - see 2 and 3 above - I want to shake it up a little in the winters at the start and end up 2026).
5. Get more efficient at camping - especially winter camping. (killed my 2025 finale with a 53lbs pack - gotta figure out how to make that lighter and still thrive with temperatures in the teens)
6. Try to be less of a hermit hiker. (Barely reached the 50/50 mark in 2025; want to drop it clearly below 50% for 2026)