Challenger Point Summit Markers to commemorate your hike!.

       Challenger Point is a fourteener in the Sangre de Cristo range, located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Colorado. The summit is on the northwest shoulder of Kit Carson Mountain, and is a sub-peak of the latter. While not an “official” Colorado 14er, is notable   because it was named in memory of the seven astronauts who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff on January 28, 1986.

 Challenger Point is the 34th highest 14er in Colorado.

The proposal to name the summit Challenger Point was made by Colorado Springs resident Dennis Williams in 1986. The USGS Board of Geographic Names approved the application on April 9, 1987.Local climber Alan Silverstein organized and led an expedition on the weekend of July 18, 1987 to place a 6 by 12 inches (15 by 30 cm) memorial plaque on the summit. The plaque reads:

The Latin phrase "Ad Astra Per Aspera" translates as "To the stars through adversity."