Why are there more NH 4000-foot mountains on the Trailwrights list than on the AMC list?
Everything in civilized life is political, even the determination of what constitutes a mountain! To make it onto the AMC 4000-footer List there must be at least a 200-foot drop between the mountain and all other 4000-footers (otherwise, it’s just a shoulder of another mountain). This leads to the definition of 48 4000-footers in NH. For the Trailwrights List the drop requirement is 100 feet. This leads to 72 4000-footers (the same 48 as AMC, plus 24 new ones).
