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Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Sangre de Cristo Mountains, mountain range, western United States, the southernmost range of the Rocky Mountains, in south central Colorado and north central New Mexico. The very high and narrow range extends southeast and south for 350 km (220 mi), from Salida, Colorado, to Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Blanca Peak (4,372 m/ 14,345 ft), in Colorado, is one of the highest mountains of the Rockies.