Crestone Needle
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Crestone Needle is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,194.8-foot fourteener is located 6.9 miles east-southeast of th
Crestone Needle, with the upper South Colony lake in the foreground.
North aspect seen from Humboldt Peak's West Ridge
Fifty Classic Climbs of North America is a 1979 climbing guidebook and history written by Steve Roper and Allen Steck. It is considered a classic piece of climbing literature, known to many climbers a
Crestone Needle
…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. The peak consists mainly of granite and conglomerate. Knobby handholds are frequent near the summit. Snow fields linger…
Cover of first paperback edition. Dick Long on the East Buttress of Middle Cathedral Rock.