14er Patches

Named after the Greek god of the wind, the mountain was originally referred to as "Aeolus" in the 1874. It is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains. Elevation 14,083 feet.

Mount Bross is located in Pike National Forest . It is often climbed together with Mount Lincoln and nearby Mount Democrat. Elevation 14,172 feet.

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

Handies Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the San Juan Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains. Elevation 14,048 feet.

El Diente is one of the more dramatic peaks in Colorado in terms of local relief and steepness. Elevation 14,159 feet.

Culebra Peak (Spanish for "snake") is located on private land, 14.2 miles of San Luis in Costilla County. Elevation 14,047 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.

Above the South Colony Lakes are the big walls of the Crestone Needle and the wild gendarmes of the ridge to Crestone Peak. Crestone is Spanish for 'cockscomb.' Elevation 14,197 feet.

Below the steep North Face of Blanca Peak two live Glaciers once developed, until extinction sometime after 1903. Elevation 14,345 feet.

The first European to ascend Torreys Peak, botanist Charles C. Parry, named the peak for his botanist colleague John Torrey. Torrey's is frequently mentioned in conjunction with Grays Peak.

It is an airy move to get to the summit of this Needle Range peak that is flanked by Eolus and Windom. It was named for the rays of sunshine that pass through the spires on its ridges. Elevation 14,059 feet.