1994 Map of El Valle Creek

About this map

The high alpine crest of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains dominates this mid-1990s study, where the peaks form a natural divide between Costilla and Las Animas counties. The landscape is defined by the steep descent of glacial drainage basins, including the headwaters of El Valle Creek and Culebra Creek to the west, and the North Fork Purgatoire River to the northeast. High-altitude water bodies such as Lost Lake, Strawberry Lake, and Carneros Lake are tucked into the basins below towering summits like Mount Maxwell and De Anza Peak.