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Crestone Peak

Colorado

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Crestone Peak is a summit of 14,283 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, part of the Saguache Ranger District of Rio Grande National Forest in Colorado. The Forest Service manages the land, and the nearest town is Crestone, about 6 miles away. The Crestones climbing area is just 0.1 mile away, and the Broken Hand Pass and Cottonwood Creek Trail hikes are both within about a mile and a quarter. For an overnight base, Burnt Gulch Trail Camp is roughly 5 miles off.

Summit Facts

Summit elevation

14,283 ft

Land manager

Forest Service

Elevation from USGS 3D Elevation Program terrain data (about 10 m resolution).

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Location

Crestone Peak

Colorado

Name and location: U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program. View the GNIS record.

Facts about this place

Where it is

Nearest town
Crestone, Colorado · 6.3 mi
Managed by
Forest Service

Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1; USGS GNIS populated places

Conditions

Active alerts for Rio Grande National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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