Crestones

Crestones
Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle seen from the south
Highest point
Peak	Crestone Peak
Elevation	14,300 feet (4,359 m)[1]
Listing	Mountain ranges of Colorado
Coordinates	37°58′00″N 105°35′07″W / 37.9666665°N 105.5852865°W / 37.9666665; -105.5852865[2]
Geography
Crestones
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Range coordinates	37°58′01″N 105°35′07″W / 37.9668400°N 105.5853471°W / 37.9668400; -105.5853471[3]
Parent range	Sangre 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.