Crestone Needle
The 14,194.8-foot (4,327 m) fourteener is located 6.9 miles (11.1 km) east-southeast (bearing 108°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.This is a slightly exposed scramble with a few tricky moves, and is one of the more difficult standard routes among the Colorado fourteeners.This is a steep ridge on the northeast side of the peak, leading directly up from the Upper South Colony Lake basin to the summit.It is a mildly technical rock climb (5.7 on the Yosemite Decimal Scale).It is particularly popular because of its inclusion in the well-known book Fifty Classic Climbs of North America by Steve Roper and Allen Steck.
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