Editing Crestones (section)

==Climbing==
*[[Crestone Peak]] and [[Crestone Needle]] are rock [[scrambling|scrambles]] (Class 3) with some exposure. 
*[[Kit Carson Mountain]] is a walk-up (Class 2), but only if the correct route is carefully followed; it has claimed more lives than Crestone Peak or Crestone Needle. [[Challenger Point]] ({{convert|14,081|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} ) and [[Columbia Point]] ({{convert|13980|ft|m|0|adj=on}}) are sub-peaks of Kit Carson Mountain. 
*[[Humboldt Peak (Colorado)|Humboldt Peak]] is the easiest of the four, with a straightforward walk-up route. Sometimes Humboldt is not included in the term "The Crestones."

[[Broken Hand Peak]], {{convert|13573|ft|m|abbr=on}}, southeast of Crestone Needle, is included within the official name "Crestone Peaks".<ref name=gnis_range/>  [[Mount Adams (Colorado)|Mount Adams]] ({{convert|13,931|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} ) is a notable peak just to the north of the Crestones, and is quite rugged.

Note that Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle are somewhat more technical climbs than many Colorado fourteeners; caution is advised. About one person per year is killed on the Crestones; occasionally they are skilled mountaineers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/plano/2010/08/03/Plano-mountaineers-fall-to-their-deaths-4533|title=Plano mountaineers fall to their deaths in Colorado|first=Matthew|last=Haag|publisher=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=August 3, 2010|access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref>