Crestone Needle
Elevation (feet) 14,197
Elevation (meters) 4,327
Location Sangre de Cristo Range
Colorado, United States
North America
Latitude 37° 57' 53" N
Longitude 105° 34' 34" W
Best Climbing Months July, August, September
Year First Climbed 1916
First Climber(s) Albert Ellingwood
Eleanor Davis
Convenient Center(s) Alamosa, Colorado
Nearest Major Airport Alamosa
Easiest Summit Route Scramble
Crestone Needle was the last of Colorado's fourteeners
to be climbed. It is one of Colorado's most difficult climbs based on its easiest
route (class 3), and has many technical climbs. One guidebook describes it as
a "a classic Crestone knob climb"