14er Patches

Missouri Mountain is the 36th highest peak in Colorado,at 14,067 feet, and is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness.

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

The San Luis Peak is situated rather far to the east of the other fourteeners in the San Juans, and has more of a wilderness setting than many of the others. Elevation 14,014 feet.

Mount Princeton is part of the Collegiate Peaks located in San Isabel National Forest near Buena vista. The mountain was named in honor of Princeton University. Elevation 14,197 feet.

Mount of the Holy Cross is located 6.6 miles west-southwest of the Town of Red Cliff in Eagle County. It was named for the distinctive cross-shaped snowfield on its northeast face. Elevation 14,005 feet.

Mount Democrat is located 5.4 miles northwest of the Town of Alma. It was once known as Republic Mountain and Mount Buckskin. Elevation 14,148 feet.

Mount Columbia is part of the Collegiate Peaks near Buena Vista. Elevation 14,073 feet.

Little Bear is located on the Sierra Blanca Massif 8.8 miles of the Town of Blanca. This mountain is composed of pre-Cambrian granite estimated to be approximately 1.8 billion years old. Elevation 14,037 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.