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Sangre de Cristo Range

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Blanca Peak (14,345 ft/4372 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	New Mexico (61%), Colorado (39%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	17,193 sq mi / 44,530 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	242 mi / 389 km North-South 120 mi / 194 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	36° 46' N; 105° 17' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Sangre de Cristo Range
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Sangre de Cristo Range.

Southern Rocky Mountains	Level 3 (Parent)
Park Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Wyoming Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Flat Tops Area	Level 4 (Sibling)
Front Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Elk Range Area	Level 4 (Sibling)
Sawatch Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Colorado Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
San Juan Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Sangre de Cristo Range	Level 4
Northern Sangre de Cristo Range	Level 5 (Child)
Wet Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Sierra Blanca	Level 5 (Child)
Culebra Range	Level 5 (Child)
Taos Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Cimarron Range	Level 5 (Child)
Central Sangre de Cristo Range of NM	Level 5 (Child)
Santa Fe Mountains	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Range

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Blanca Peak	14,345	4372	Sierra Blanca
2.	Crestone Peak	14,294	4357	Northern Sangre de Cristo Range
3.	Northeast Crestone	14,240+	4340+	Northern Sangre de Cristo Range
4.	Crestone Needle	14,197	4327	Northern Sangre de Cristo Range
5.	Kit Carson Mountain	14,165	4317	Northern Sangre de Cristo Range
6.	Humboldt Peak	14,064	4287	Northern Sangre de Cristo Range
7.	Culebra Peak	14,047	4282	Culebra Range
8.	Ellingwood Point	14,042	4280	Sierra Blanca
9.	Mount Lindsey	14,042	4280	Sierra Blanca
10.	Little Bear Peak	14,037	4278	Sierra Blanca
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Blanca Peak	14,345	4372	Sierra Blanca
2.	Crestone Peak	14,294	4357	Northern Sangre de Cristo Range
3.	Culebra Peak	14,047	4282	Culebra Range
4.	Wheeler Peak	13,161	4011	Taos Mountains
5.	Truchas Peak	13,102	3993	Santa Fe Mountains
6.	Baldy Mountain	12,441	3792	Cimarron Range
7.	Greenhorn Mountain	12,347	3763	Wet Mountains
8.	Cerro Vista	11,939	3639	Central Sangre de Cristo Range of NM

Photos of Peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Range

Blanca Peak: Blanca Peak lords over the open expanses of the San Luis Valley.

Wheeler Peak: The summit of Wheeler Peak from above La Cal Basin.

Peak 12880: Unnamed Peak 12,900 is the tallest background peak in this photo of the New Mexico wilderness.

Peak 12819: Unnamed Peak 12819 in the Sangre de Cristo Range of New Mexico, from near Williams Lake.

Vallecito Mountain: Vallecito Peak in New Mexico, in the Sange de Cristo range near Taos.

Lake Peak: Fall colors on well-named Aspen Peak, New Mexico. Taken from near Lake Peak.

Deception Peak: Deception Peak, one of the high 12,000 foot peaks of northern New Mexico.

Frazer Mountain: Frazer Mountain, New Mexico, often hiked on the well-used path to Wheeler Peak.

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