Tabeguache Peak

Tabeguache Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name = Tabeguache Peak
Elevation = 14,155 ft (4,315 m)
Location = Colorado, United States
Range = Rocky Mountains, Sawatch Range
Coordinates = coord|38|37|31|N|106|15|01|W|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS Saint Elmo (CO)
Prominence = 455 ft (139 m)
First ascent =
Easiest route= hike

Tabeguache Peak is one of the fourteeners of the US state of Colorado. It is a near neighbor of the higher peak Mount Shavano, which lies approximately 1/2 mile (approximately 1 km) to the southeast, and is close to being a subpeak of the latter.The topographic prominence of Tabeguache Peak is only 455 feet, and the usual cutoff for independence is 300 feet.] Its name is pronounced "tab-uh-wash," with the accent on the first syllable.Louis W. Dawson II, "Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1", Blue Clover Press, 1994, ISBN 0-9628867-1-8] It lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas River, in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range.It is located within the San Isabel National Forest and is in Chaffee County.

ee also

*Colorado fourteeners
*Colorado mountain peaks
*Colorado mountain ranges
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*Mountain peaks of the United States

Notes/References

External links

* [http://www.14ers.org/peaks/sawatch_shavano.php Mount Shavano at the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative]
* [http://www.fourteeners.org/ranges/sawatch/shavano/shavano.htm Mount Shavano on fourteeners.org]
* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5762 Mount Shavano on peakbagger.com]


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