14er Patches

"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.

Humboldt Peak is located near Westcliffe and was named in honor of German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Elevation 14,064 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.

Castle Peak takes its name from its castellated summit. It is located 11.6 miles of the Town of Crested Butte on the drainage divide separating Gunnison National Forest and Gunnison County. Elevation 14,265 feet.