The Beauty

What makes the Crestones so special is their beauty and ruggedness. Rising above the Great Sand Dunes, the majestic peaks exemplify the Rocky Mountains. The Crestones offer excellent mountaineering and rock climbing. Crestone Needle’s Ellingwood Arête (ledges) was made famous in the 1981 book, Fifty Classic Climbs of North America by Steven Roper. Crestone Needle was once thought to be “un-climbable” and was the last of the Colorado 14ers to be climbed.