Humboldt Peak (Colorado)

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Humboldt Peak

| photo = Humboldt_Peak_from_near_south_colony_lakes_trailhead.jpg

| photo_caption = Humboldt Peak, south aspect

| elevation_ft = 14070.

| elevation_ref = The elevation of Humboldt Peak includes an adjustment of +1.790 m (+5.87 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.{{cite peakbagger|pid=5906|title=Humboldt Peak, Colorado|access-date=October 20, 2014}}

| prominence_ft = 1204

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 1.41

| isolation_ref =

| listing = Colorado Fourteener 37th

| location = Custer County, Colorado, U.S.

| range = Sangre de Cristo Range, Crestones

| map = Colorado

| map_caption = Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|37.9761111|N|105.5552855|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=192424|name=Humboldt Peak|access-date=October 20, 2014}}

| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Crestone Peak, Colorado

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = West Ridge: Hike, {{YDS|2}}{{cite web | url = https://www.14ers.com/routelist.php?peakid=10037 | title = Humboldt Peak Routes | publisher = 14ers.com }}

}}

Humboldt Peak is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|14070|ft|0|adj=on}} fourteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, {{convert|19.2|km|order=flip}} south-southwest (bearing 204°) of the Town of Westcliffe in Custer County, Colorado, United States.

The Crestones are a cluster of high summits in the Sangre de Cristo Range, comprising Crestone Peak, Crestone Needle, Kit Carson Peak, Challenger Point, Humboldt Peak, and Columbia Point.

The mountain was named in honor of German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.{{cite book| last=Eichler|first=George R.| title=Colorado Place Names| location=Boulder, Colorado| publisher=Johnson Publishing Company| year=1977|lccn=77-089726}}

Climbing

The standard route on the peak is a hike along a trail, with rock scrambling (Class 2) near the summit. The trail climbs the peak from the South Colony Lakes basin, accessed from the east side of the range. This basin is a popular site that is also the base for most climbs of Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Humboldt is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.