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Northern Sangre de Cristo Range

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Crestone Peak (14,294 ft/4357 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Colorado
Area	1,250 sq mi / 3,236 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	39 mi / 63 km North-South 35 mi / 56 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	38° 5' N; 105° 41' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northern Sangre de Cristo Range
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Sangre de Cristo Range	Level 4 (Parent)
Northern Sangre de Cristo Range	Level 5
Crestone Group	Level 6 (Child)
Great Sand Dunes Area	Level 6 (Child)
Wet Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Sierra Blanca	Level 5 (Sibling)
Culebra Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Taos Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Cimarron Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Central Sangre de Cristo Range of NM	Level 5 (Sibling)
Santa Fe Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northern Sangre de Cristo Range

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Crestone Peak	14,294	4357	Crestone Group
2.	Crestone Needle	14,197	4327	Crestone Group
3.	Kit Carson Mountain	14,165	4317	Crestone Group
4.	Humboldt Peak	14,064	4287	Crestone Group
5.	Kitty Kat Carson	13,960+	4255+	Crestone Group
6.	The Prow	13,960+	4255+	Crestone Group
7.	Mount Adams	13,931	4246	Crestone Group
8.	Obstruction Peak	13,799	4206	Crestone Group
9.	Rito Alto Peak	13,794	4204
10.	Colony Baldy	13,705	4177	Crestone Group
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	Range6
1.	Crestone Peak	14,294	4357	Crestone Group
2.	Mount Herard	13,350+	4069+	Great Sand Dunes Area

Photos of Peaks in the Northern Sangre de Cristo Range

Crestone Peak Crestone Peak (1984-09-10). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.	Crestone Peak-East Peak Standing on the summit of East Crestone, viewed from Crestone (2016-07-23). Photo by Andrew Karr. Click here for larger-size photo.
Crestone Needle Crestone Needle (1984-09-10). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.	Kit Carson Mountain Kit Carson as viewed from slopes of Challenger (2017-09-16). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Challenger Point Challenger from Kit Carson (2017-09-16). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Humboldt Peak Humboldt from Broken Hand Pass (2018-07-15). Photo by Jeremy McGuire. Click here for larger-size photo.
Broken Hand Peak From Broken Hand Pass you climb Crestone Needle or Broken Hand Peak shown in background (2021-07-18). Photo by Dan Connors. Click here for larger-size photo.	Horn Peak Horn Peak CO from Rainbow Trail (2004-06). Photo by David Ensley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Herard Mt Herard from Mt Zwischen (2019-07-17). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.	Comanche Peak The peak as seen from Comanche Lake (2002-09-14). Photo by Max Rees. Click here for larger-size photo.

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