The Crestones are a group of four 14,000-foot (4,300 m) peaks (fourteeners) in the Sangre de Cristo Range above Crestone, central southern Colorado, comprising: 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.

Broken Hand Peak, 13,573 ft (4,137 m), southeast of Crestone Needle, is included within the official name "Crestone Peaks".

[3] Mount Adams (13,931 ft; 4,246 m ) is a notable peak just to the north of the Crestones, and is quite rugged.

About one person per year is killed on the Crestones; occasionally they are skilled mountaineers.