Crestone Peak

Crestone Peak
Crestone Peak seen from Kit Carson
Highest point
Elevation	14,300 ft (4359 m) NAVD88
Prominence	4554 ft (1388 m)
Isolation	27.4 mi (44.0 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 36th U.S. highest major peaks 22nd Colorado highest major peaks 7th Colorado fourteeners 7th Colorado county high points 7th
Coordinates	37°58′00″N 105°35′07″W / 37.9666665°N 105.5852865°W / 37.9666665; -105.5852865Coordinates: 37°58′00″N 105°35′07″W / 37.9666665°N 105.5852865°W / 37.9666665; -105.5852865
Geography
Crestone Peak Colorado
Location	High point of Saguache County, Colorado, United States.
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Range, Highest summit of the Crestones
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Crestone Peak, Colorado
Climbing
First ascent	1916 by Eleanor Davis and party
Easiest route	Scramble (class 3)

Crestone Peak is the seventh-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,300-foot (4,359 m) fourteener is the highest summit of the Crestones and the second-highest summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range after Blanca Peak. The summit is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Rio Grande National Forest, 5.0 miles (8.1 km) east by south (bearing 102°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.

Crestone Peak rises 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above the east side of the San Luis Valley. It shares its name with the nearby Crestone Needle, another fourteener of the Crestones. 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.