"La Plata" is Spanish for "The Silver", a reference to the many silver deposits in the area. Elevation 14,336 feet.

The mountain is named in honor of frontiersman Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson. The Crestones are a cluster of high summits in the Sangre de Cristo Range. Elevation 14,165 feet.

While relatively close to its neighbor peaks, Huron Peak is separated from them by deep cols, resulting in a moderately high topographic prominence. Elevation 14,005 feet.

Botanist Charles C. Parry made the first recorded ascent of the summit in 1861 and named the peak in honor of his botanist colleague Asa Gray. Elevation 14,270 feet.

Ellingwood Point was named in honor of Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular. Elevation 14,042 feet.

Crestone Peak rises 7,000 feet above the east side of the San Luis Valley. It shares its name with the nearby Crestone Needle, another fourteener of the Crestones. Elevation 14,294 feet.

Elegantly crafted from the stainless kind of steel and some powder coating. Our logo is printed on there. I have a whole set of these, because my kids can't break them.

A logo tee that is a salute to the forests that surround BV, and to the people who get to wear those sick green and khaki uniforms.

This sophisticated lower-profile trucker hat with an understated ice axe/BVCO patch pairs perfectly with a tweed suit, romper, kimono, or footie jammies (which is what I wore to prom... yes, all four of those things).