What is "crestones"

The Crestones are a group of four 14,000 foot (4,268 m) peaks ( fourteeners) in the Sangre de Cristo Range above Crestone, central southern Colorado, comprising:

1. Crestone Peak (14,294 ft, 4,357 m)
2. Crestone Needle (14,197 ft, 4,327 m)
3. Kit Carson Mountain (14,165 ft, 4,317 m)
4. Humboldt Peak (14,064 ft, 4,287 m)

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.