Crestone Peak
Trip Guide & 3D Map
Sangre de Cristo · Difficulty, season, and access — then explore the 3D terrain
Planning snapshot
Crestone Peak is a 14,294 ft summit in the Sangre de Cristo (USA). PeakAtlas rates it scramble (Class 3 scramble); best season is Jul–Sep. No special summit permit. Typical staging is Crestone (10 mi). PeakAtlas lists 3 OpenStreetMap lodging pins near the summit — coverage is often thinner outside well-mapped regions. Use the 3D map and trip checklist before you go.
- Elevation
- 14,294 ft
- Prominence
- 4,534 ft
- Difficulty tier
- Scramble
- Best season
- Jul–Sep
- Permits
- No special summit permit
- Staging
- Crestone · 10 mi
- Mapped lodging
- 3 OSM places
- Listed trails
- 1
As of 2026-07-31 · Figures come from the PeakAtlas3D catalog: surveyed elevations and prominence, curated difficulty tiers, best-season windows, permit notes, staging-town distances, trail lists, and OpenStreetMap lodging near each summit. Not live weather, quotas, or prices.
How hard is Crestone Peak, and what do you need before you go?
Crestone Peak is listed as Class 3 scramble with a best season of Jul–Sep. Use the difficulty, permit, and staging details below before you commit to a date.
- Difficulty
- Class 3 scramble
- Best season
- Jul–Sep
- Access / staging
- Crestone, Colorado
How tall is Crestone Peak, and where is it?
- Location
- Colorado, USA
- Elevation
- 14,294 ft
- Prominence
- 4,534 ft
- Mountain range
- Sangre de Cristo
- Difficulty
- Class 3 scramble
What makes Crestone Peak notable?
A rugged Colorado fourteener in the Crestone group.
A rugged Sangre de Cristo fourteener, often linked with Crestone Needle on classic Colorado ridge days.
After you check trip readiness for Crestone Peak, explore the summit on PeakAtlas3D’s interactive 3D topographic map in the Sangre de Cristo, Colorado, USA.
Closest places
- Crestone — Colorado via CO-17
Notable trails & routes
- South Colony Lakes
- Red Gully