| Crestone Needle | |
|---|---|
 Crestone Needle, with the upper South Colony lake in the foreground. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,194.8 ft (4,326.6 m)[1] NAPGD2022 |
| Prominence | 457 ft (139 m)[2] |
| Isolation | 0.45 mi (0.72 km)[2] |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 20th |
| Coordinates | 37°57′53″N 105°34′36″W / 37.9647221°N 105.5766752°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Crestone Needle | |
| Location | Custer and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States[3] |
| Parent range | Sangre de Cristo Range, Crestones[2] |
| Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Crestone Peak, Colorado[3] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 24, 1916 by Albert Ellingwood and Eleanor Davis |
| Easiest route | South Face: Climb, class 4[4] |
Crestone Needle is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,194.8-foot (4,327 m) fourteener is located 6.9 miles (11.1 km) east-southeast (bearing 108°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.[2][3][5] The Crestones are a cluster of high summits in the Sangre de Cristo Range, comprising Crestone Peak, Crestone Needle, Kit Carson Peak, Challenger Point, Humboldt Peak, and Columbia Point. They are usually accessed from common trailheads.
- ^ Ahlgren, Kevin; Van Westrum, Derek; Shaw, Brian (April 2024). "Moving mountains: reevaluating the elevations of Colorado mountain summits using modern geodetic techniques". Journal of Geodesy. 98 29. doi:10.1007/s00190-024-01831-8.
- ^ a b c d "Crestone Needle, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Crestone Needle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
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