The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States. The mountains run from Poncha Pass in South-Central Colorado, trending southeast and south, ending at Glorieta Pass, southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The mountains contain a …
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States. The mountains run from Poncha Pass in South-Central Colorado, trending southeast and south, ending at Glorieta Pass, southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The mountains contain a number of fourteen thousand foot peaks in the Colorado portion, as well as several peaks in New Mexico which are over thirteen thousand feet.
Elevation: 14,351 ft (4,374 m)
Peak: Blanca Peak, East of Alamosa, Colorado
Listing: Mountain ranges of Colorado
Length: 242 mi (389 km) north-south
Width: 120 mi (190 km) east-west
Area: 17,193 sq mi (44,530 km²)
Etymology: Sangre de Cristo (Spanish: Blood of Christ)
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