Crestone Needle
Crestone Needle is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,203-foot (4,329 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. 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.
| Crestone Needle | |
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Crestone Needle, with the upper South Colony lake in the foreground. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,203 ft (4,329 m) |
| Prominence | 457 ft (139 m) |
| Isolation | 0.45 mi (0.72 km) |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 20th |
| Coordinates | 37°57′53″N 105°34′36″W |
| Geography | |
Crestone Needle | |
| Location | Custer and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States |
| Parent range | Sangre de Cristo Range, Crestones |
| Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Crestone Peak, Colorado |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 24, 1916 by Albert Ellingwood and Eleanor Davis |
| Easiest route | South Face: Climb, class 4 |
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