Tijeras Peak

Tijeras Peak
Elevation	13,606 ft (4,147 m)
Location
Location	Colorado, USA
Range	Sangre de Cristo Range, Rocky Mountains
Coordinates	37°55′28″N 105°32′23″W / 37.92444°N 105.53972°W / 37.92444; -105.53972
Topo map	USGS Crestone Peak

Tijeras Peak is the highest summit in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve^[1] in Colorado. Located in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Range, it is part of a group of six thirteeners at the north end of the park that includes Milwaukee Peak and Mount Herard. The west slope of the mountain is within Rio Grande National Forest.

Tijeras is Spanish for scissors, and refers to the double-pronged rocky tip of the mountain.

See also

• Colorado mountain peaks
• Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
• List of U.S. National Parks by Elevation

References

1. ^ Great Sand Dunes FAQ's #11

External links

• summitpost.org