Challenger Point
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Challenger Point is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,084.6-foot fourteener is located 5.0 miles east by south of th
Challenger Point seen from nearby Kit Carson Mountain.
View from the summit
Kit Carson Peak
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Kit Carson Peak, officially known as the Kit Carson Mountain, is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,165.2-foot fourte
Challenger Point
…8.1 km) east by south (bearing 102°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The summit is on the northwest shoulder of Kit Carson Mountain, and is a subpeak of the latter. It was renamed in memory of the seven astronauts who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after…
The Crestones as seen from Mount Adams. From left to right: Crestone Needle, Crestone Peak, Columbia Point, Kit Carson Peak, and Challenger Point.
Kit Carson Avenue with a climber descending.
Kit Carson Peak as seen from the saddle between it and Challenger Point.