Best Peaks to Climb in October
70 catalog summits list October in their published season window.
October thins the USA list to peaks with longer seasons and keeps the Nepal post-monsoon 8000 m set. Kilimanjaro and Meru remain on the equatorial side.
Alps and Rockies high routes that were July–September only have largely dropped. Half Dome’s cables window is still an approximate shoulder through early October.
This is a Himalaya-and-volcano month more than a Colorado 14er month in the catalog.
Countries in season
Day hike (27)
- White Mountain Peak — USA · 14,252 ft · Class 1–2 hike · Jun–Oct
- Pikes Peak — USA · 14,115 ft · Walk-up · Jun–Oct
- Mount Langley — USA · 14,026 ft · Class 1–2 hike · Jun–Oct
- Mauna Kea — USA · 13,796 ft · High-altitude drive / hike · Year-round; summit can be cold or snowy in winter
- Wheeler Peak — USA · 13,063 ft · Class 1–2 hike · Jun–Oct
- Humphreys Peak — USA · 12,633 ft · Class 1 hike · Jun–Oct
- Teide — Spain · 12,198 ft · Class 1 hike · May–Oct
- Mulhacén — Spain · 11,414 ft · Class 1 hike · Jun–Oct
- Telescope Peak — USA · 11,043 ft · Class 1–2 hike · Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Haleakalā — USA · 10,023 ft · Drive / Class 1–2 hike · Year-round (summit is cold; storms year-round)
- Guadalupe Peak — USA · 8,751 ft · Class 1 hike · Oct–Apr
- Black Elk Peak — USA · 7,242 ft · Class 1 hike · May–Oct
- Mt. Mitchell — USA · 6,684 ft · Class 1 hike · May–Oct
- Kuwohi — USA · 6,643 ft · Class 1 paved walk · Apr–Nov (road season varies)
- Hallasan — South Korea · 6,398 ft · Class 1 hike · Apr–Nov
- Mt. Rogers — USA · 5,729 ft · Class 1 hike · May–Oct
- Mt. Marcy — USA · 5,344 ft · Class 1–2 hike · Jun–Oct
- Mt. Lafayette — USA · 5,249 ft · Class 1–2 hike · Jun–Oct
- Mount Vesuvius — Italy · 4,203 ft · Class 1 hike · Apr–Jun or Sep–Oct
- Slide Mountain — USA · 4,180 ft · Class 1–2 hike · May–Oct
- Hunter Mountain — USA · 4,040 ft · Class 1–2 hike · May–Oct
- Black Dome — USA · 3,980 ft · Class 1–2 hike · May–Oct
- Blackhead — USA · 3,940 ft · Class 1–2 hike · May–Oct
- West Kill Mountain — USA · 3,880 ft · Class 1–2 hike · May–Oct
- Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa — United Kingdom · 3,560 ft · Class 1–2 hike · May–Oct
- Mt. Monadnock — USA · 3,165 ft · Class 1–2 hike · May–Oct
- Cadillac Mountain — USA · 1,529 ft · Drive / easy to moderate hike · May–Oct
Strenuous hike (18)
- Ras Dashen — Ethiopia · 14,901 ft · Class 2 hike · Oct–Mar
- Mt. Sherman — USA · 14,036 ft · Class 2 hike · May–Oct
- Mauna Loa — USA · 13,679 ft · High-altitude hike · Year-round (weather dependent)
- Jebel Toubkal — Morocco · 13,671 ft · Class 2 hike · May–Oct
- Mount Rinjani — Indonesia · 12,224 ft · Strenuous day / overnight · May–Oct
- Mount Nebo — USA · 11,928 ft · Class 2 hike · Jun–Oct
- Charleston Peak — USA · 11,916 ft · Strenuous day hike · May–Oct
- San Gorgonio Mountain — USA · 11,503 ft · Strenuous day / overnight · Jun–Oct
- Mount Etna — Italy · 11,014 ft · Strenuous day hike · May–Oct
- San Jacinto Peak — USA · 10,834 ft · Strenuous day hike · May–Oct
- Sandia Crest — USA · 10,678 ft · Drive / strenuous day hike · May–Oct
- Mt. Tallac — USA · 9,735 ft · Strenuous day hike · Jun–Oct
- Mt. LeConte — USA · 6,593 ft · Strenuous day / overnight · Apr–Oct
- Mt. Adams (NH) — USA · 5,799 ft · Class 2 hike · Jun–Oct
- Mt. Madison — USA · 5,367 ft · Class 2 hike · Jun–Oct
- Mt. Mansfield — USA · 4,393 ft · Strenuous day hike · Jun–Oct
- Mount Brandon — Ireland · 3,123 ft · Strenuous day hike · Apr–Oct
- Lugnaquilla — Ireland · 3,035 ft · Strenuous day hike · Apr–Oct
Scramble (8)
- Mount Russell — USA · 14,088 ft · Class 3 scramble · Jun–Oct
- Split Mountain — USA · 14,058 ft · Class 2–3 scramble · Jun–Oct
- Boundary Peak — USA · 13,140 ft · Class 2 scramble · Jun–Oct
- Pfeifferhorn — USA · 11,326 ft · Class 3 scramble · Jun–Oct
- Mt. San Antonio — USA · 10,064 ft · Strenuous day hike / scramble · May–Oct
- Half Dome — USA · 8,840 ft · Strenuous hike / cable scramble (permit) · Late May–early Oct (cables up) shoulder month
- Mt. St. Helens — USA · 8,363 ft · Class 2–3 scramble / permit climb · Late spring–early fall for summit climbs
- Old Rag Mountain — USA · 3,268 ft · Class 3 scramble (permit) · Mar–Nov
Alpine technical (3)
- Trisul — India · 23,359 ft · Alpine climb · May–Jun or Sep–Oct
- Ama Dablam — Nepal · 22,494 ft · Technical alpine · Apr–May or Oct–Nov
- El Capitan — USA · 7,569 ft · Elite big-wall · Apr–Oct (climbers)
Expedition (14)
- Mt. Everest — Nepal/China · 29,032 ft · High-altitude expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Kangchenjunga — Nepal/India · 28,169 ft · High-altitude expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Lhotse — Nepal/China · 27,940 ft · High-altitude expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Makalu — Nepal/China · 27,766 ft · High-altitude expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Cho Oyu — Nepal/China · 26,864 ft · High-altitude expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Dhaulagiri — Nepal · 26,795 ft · High-altitude expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Manaslu — Nepal · 26,781 ft · High-altitude expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Annapurna I — Nepal · 26,545 ft · Extreme expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Shishapangma — China · 26,335 ft · High-altitude expedition · Apr–May or Sep–Oct
- Nanda Devi — India · 25,643 ft · Technical expedition · May–Jun or Sep–Oct
- Mera Peak — Nepal · 21,247 ft · Trekking peak · Apr–May, Oct–Nov
- Island Peak — Nepal · 20,285 ft · Trekking peak · Apr–May or Oct–Nov
- Kilimanjaro — Tanzania · 19,341 ft · High-altitude trek · Jan–Mar or Jun–Oct
- Mt. Meru — Tanzania · 14,980 ft · Trekking peak · Jun–Feb
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