1967 Map of Crestone Peak

About this map

The Sangre de Cristo Range defines this landscape, where the high summits of Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle rise along the boundary between the San Isabel National Forest and Rio Grande National Forest. This 1967 field-checked survey highlights a terrain dominated by alpine lakes and glacial cirques, including Willow Creek Lakes and the South Colony Lakes. To the west, the map details the eastern edge of the Baca Grant No 4, an area marked by steep canyons like Cedar Canyon and old mines near Milwaukee Hill. A network of historic pack routes, such as the Rainbow Trail (Pack) and Music Pass Trail (Pack), provides evidence of the era's primary access points into these high-altitude basins before the expansion of modern road systems. The presence of isolated mines suggests the persistent legacy of prospecting in the mineral-rich gulches of Copper Gulch and Cleveland Gulch.