Humboldt Peak - Colorado 14er Dayhike

Humboldt Peak, elevation 14,070 ft, is a summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of southern Colorado. The peak is in the San Isabel National Forest southwest of Westcliffe, CO. It is within the Crestone group of fourteeners, which include Crestone Peak, Crestone Needle, and Kit Carson Peak.
The mountain was named by German immigrants in honor of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), eminent German geographer, explorer, and mountaineer. In February 1870, Carl Wulsten, a Prussian immigrant and former Civil War general, led a band of German immigrants from Chicago, IL, to the Wet Mountain Valley (east of Humboldt Peak), where they established the first cooperative community in Colorado.