>>2775752Several more stats.
Numbers of peaks above 5k ft (1500m) with at least 300 ft (91m) of prominence
NV - 6,216
MT - 5,317
ID - 5,165
CO - 4,378
UT - 4,289
AZ - 3,216
NM - 3,143
WY - 3,086
Commonly listed state average elevation
CO - ~6,800 ft
WY - ~6,700 ft
UT - ~6,100 ft
NM - ~5,700 ft
NV - ~5,500 ft
ID - ~5,000 ft
AZ - ~4,100 ft
MT - ~3,400 ft
State elevation spans (difference between highest and lowest points, every state is over 3000m difference).
NV - 12,668 ft
AZ - 12,567 ft
ID - 11,958 ft
UT - 11,338 ft
CO - 11,123 ft
MT - 11,007 ft
WY - 10,709 ft
NM - 10,325 ft
Less important to mountaineering but more important to climate and unique geography. The 3 most forested mountain states below 6,000 ft elevation with the most unusual or unexpected climates/terrain features are;
Arizona (hot desert, cold desert, cool/warm wet tall dense forest 30"+ precipitation, interior chaparal at similar or greater density than coastal CA w/15-25" precipitation, and snowy forest 80"+ snowfall, all found at 5,000-5,999 ft elv)
Idaho (hot dry grasslands at the same elv and vicinity as forests)
Montana (unexpectedly hot dry plains 100F+ in summer, extremely cold plains in winter which is expected, forests in the same vicinity and elv as hot dry grasslands same as ID possibly partially a relic of younger dryas mega floods changing soils and sediments in areas also possibly terrain microclimates)