Crestones

Crestones
Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle seen from the south
Highest point
PeakCrestone Peak
Elevation14,300 feet (4,359 m)[1]
ListingMountain ranges of Colorado
Coordinates37°58′00″N 105°35′07″W / 37.9666665°N 105.5852865°W / 37.9666665; -105.5852865[2]
Geography
Crestones is located in Colorado
Crestones
Crestones
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
Range coordinates37°58′01″N 105°35′07″W / 37.9668400°N 105.5853471°W / 37.9668400; -105.5853471[3]
Parent rangeSangre de Cristo Range

The Crestones are a group of four 14,000-foot (4,300 m) peaks (fourteeners) in the Sangre de Cristo Range above Crestone, central southern Colorado, comprising:

  1. Crestone Peak (14,294 ft; 4,357 m )
  2. Crestone Needle (14,197 ft; 4,327 m )
  3. Kit Carson Mountain (14,165 ft; 4,317 m )
  4. Humboldt Peak (14,064 ft; 4,287 m )

Snow is usually mostly melted by early July. Climbers can expect afternoon rain, hail, and lightning from the seasonal monsoon in late July and August.

  1. ^ "Topographic map of Crestone Peak". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. ^ "Crestone Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  3. ^ "Crestone Peaks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 2, 2023.