A surveyor says he has discovered a new Colorado 14er after hauling GPS equipment to the top two peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

No, Eric Gilbertson did not suddenly locate a new 14,000-foot peak that nobody had ever seen before. Rather, Gilbertson said his measurements indicate that East Crestone Peak, long considered to be a subpeak of Crestone Peak, is actually a few inches taller than Crestone Peak. That would make East Crestone the true 14er and Crestone a subpeak.

“I mean they’re both above 14,000-feet,” Gilbertson said, “but by the Colorado standards, only the tallest of those is the ranked 14ers.”

Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks are among the most popular hikes in the state, with many people setting the goal of climbing all of them. There are 58 named peaks over 14,000 fee

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