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Crestone Needle, Colorado

Crestone Needle's Elevation: 14,197 Feet

Crestone Needle's Rank Among Colorado's Fourteeners in Terms of Elevation: #19

Crestone Needle is located in the Sangre de Cristo Range of mountains

Crestone Needle requires a scramble

Best months for climbing Crestone Needle are July through September

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Crestone Needle, with an elevation of 14,197 feet, is ranked 19th among Colorado's Fourteeners. This peak in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Range was the last of Colorado's Fourteeners to be ascended (in 1916), and even its easiest route (the South Face, reached from South Colony Lake via Broken Hand Pass) involves steep terrain and rocky outcrops requiring the use of hands, scrambling, and some tricky moves. Along with Crestone Peak, Kit Carson Mountain, and Humboldt Peak, Crestone Needle is one of the group of four Fourteeners known as "The Crestones." Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle are connected by a ridge which requires scrambling and rope; the two peaks are more often climbed separately.

To reach the trailhead, head south from WestCliffe on Highway 69 for 4.3 miles, then turn right onto Colfax Lane. Follow the Lane to a T in the road and take a right onto Colony Road, a rough 4WD road which you'll follow as far you can to the trailhead (there are several pullouts). The road will be replaced with a hiking trail to the right, which will take you up to lower South Colony Lake. Below the lake, you'll take the trail marked with a sign which turns left, and follow that trail up to Broken Hand Pass. When you reach the summit of the Pass, look for a trail leading west towards the Needle, and follow that trail halfway through a gully before crossing to your left to the next gully, which you'll follow the rest of the way to the Needle's summit.

Be sure to wear a helmet on this hike, due to the danger of falling rock in the gullies.



Sources: localhikes.com, peakware.com, wikipedia.org









































Click here or below for Colorado’s Fourteeners from Bill’s Guide to Boulder, Colorado and Beyond: Colorado Rockies mountain peaks sorted by peak name, peak elevation, and mountain range which rise at least 14,000 feet above sea level and at least 300 feet above the saddles which connect them with another fourteener (if another 14er lies nearby)

Mt. Antero / Mt. Belford / Mt. Bierstadt / Blanca Peak / Mt. Bross / Capitol Peak / Castle Peak / Challenger Point / Mt. Columbia / Crestone Needle / Crestone Peak / Culebra Peak / Mt. Democrat / Mt. Elbert / Ellingwood Point / Mt. Eolus / Mt. Evans / Grays Peak / Handies Peak / Mt. Harvard / Humboldt Peak / Huron Peak / Kit Carson Peak / La Plata Peak / Mt. Lincoln / Mt. Lindsey / Little Bear Peak / Longs Peak / Maroon Peak / Mt. Massive / Missouri Mountain / Mount of the Holy Cross / Mt. Oxford / Pikes Peak / Mt. Princeton / Pyramid Peak / Quandary Peak / Redcloud Peak / San Luis Peak / Mt. Shavano / Mt. Sherman / Mt. Sneffels / Snowmass Mtn. / Sunlight Peak / Sunshine Peak / Tabeguache Peak / Torreys Peak / Uncompahgre Peak / Wetterhorn Peak / Mt. Wilson / Wilson Peak / Windom Peak / Mt. Yale





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