Editing Crestones (section)

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{{Infobox mountain
 | name          = Crestones
 | photo         = Crestone peaks fall.jpg
 | photo_size    = 
 | photo_caption = Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle seen from the south
 | etymology     = 
 | country       = [[United States]]
 | subdivision1_type = State
 | subdivision1  = [[Colorado]]
 | parent        = [[Sangre de Cristo Range]]
 | geology       = 
 | orogeny       = 
 | area_mi2      =  | area_ref      = 
 | length_mi     =  | length_ref    = 
 | length_orientation= 
 | width_mi      =  | width_ref     = 
 | width_orientation = 
 | highest       = [[Crestone Peak]]
 | elevation     = {{convert|14300|ft|m|0}}
 | elevation_ref = <ref name=otm>{{cite opentopomap|Crestone Peak|37.966667|-105.585287|2023-01-02}}</ref>
 | coordinates   = {{coord|37.9666665|N|105.5852865|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}
 | coordinates_ref   = <ref name=GNIS>{{cite gnis|id=192423|name=Crestone Peak|access-date=November 14, 2014}}</ref>
 | listing       = [[List of mountain ranges of Colorado|Mountain ranges of Colorado]]
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 | map           = USA Colorado
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 | range_coordinates = {{coord|37.9668400|N|105.5853471|W|region:US-CO|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | range_coordinates_ref= <ref name=gnis_range>{{cite gnis|id=203952|name=Crestone Peaks|access-date=January 2, 2023}}</ref>
}}
The '''Crestones''' are a group of four {{convert|14,000|ft|m|adj=on}} peaks ([[fourteeners]]) in the [[Sangre de Cristo Range]] above [[Crestone, Colorado|Crestone]], central southern [[Colorado]], comprising:
#[[Crestone Peak]] ({{convert|14,294|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} )
#[[Crestone Needle]] ({{convert|14,197|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} )
#[[Kit Carson Mountain]] ({{convert|14,165|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} )
#[[Humboldt Peak (Colorado)|Humboldt Peak]] ({{convert|14,064|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} )

Snow is usually mostly melted by early July. Climbers can expect afternoon rain, hail, and lightning from the seasonal [[monsoon]] in late July and August.