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The Sangre de Cristo Wilderness is a long and narrow wilderness area covering 220,803 acres (893.56 km 2) of the Sangre de Cristo Range centered about Saguache and Custer counties, Colorado. Smaller areas are located in Fremont , Alamosa , and Huerfano counties.
The Sangre de Cristo Range, the largest and most northerly subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, runs directly along the east side of the Rio Grande rift, extending southeast from Poncha Pass for about 75 miles (120 km) through south-central Colorado to La Veta Pass, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Walsenburg.
According to the USGS, the range is the northern part of the larger Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which extend through northern New Mexico. Usage of the terms "Sangre de Cristo Range" and "Sangre de Cristo Mountains" is varied; however, this article discusses only the mountains between Poncha Pass and La Veta Pass.
This wilderness is the only one in the U.S. that protects a saltbush-greasewood ecosystem and includes the entire dune field as well as much of the area west of the dunes. [52] [53] Congress also designated the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in 1993, which contains a total of 219,900 acres (343.6 sq mi; 889.9 km 2) of mountainous terrain. [54]
Mount Adams is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 13,937-foot (4,248 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) east by north (bearing 81°) of the Town of Crestone, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Custer County from Rio ...
Horn Peak is set in the Sangre de Cristo Range, which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It is the 14-highest summit in Custer County, [6] and can be seen from Highway 69 near the community of Westcliffe. The mountain is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness on land managed by San Isabel National Forest. [5]
Mount Otto is set 21 miles (34 km) east of the Continental Divide in the Sangre de Cristo Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.It is the fifth-highest summit in Fremont County and can be seen from Highway 285 near the community of Villa Grove. [3]
It is the sixth-highest summit in Custer County and the 185th-highest in Colorado. [3] The mountain is located 13.5 miles (21.7 km) west-northwest of the town of Westcliffe in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, on land managed by San Isabel National Forest and Rio Grande National Forest. [2]