Mount Shavano is a

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in the southern

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of the

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of North America. The

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is located in

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, north by west ( bearing 350°) of the community of Maysville in

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, United States. The mountain was named in honor of

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Chief Shavano.The elevation of Mount Shavano includes an adjustment of +2.032 m (+6.67 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.

Mountain

Mount Shavano lies just east of the

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and just west of the

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rising 7,200 feet above the town of Salida in Chaffee County to the southeast. Mount Shavano lies in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range, north of

Mount Ouray Mount Ouray is a high and prominent mountain summit in the far southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, west ( bearing 270°) of Poncha Pass, Colorado, United St ...

and

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and south of the

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(including

Mount Princeton Mount Princeton is a Elevation, high and Topographic prominence, prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, southwes ...

Mount Harvard Mount Harvard is the third highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent fourteener is the highest summit of the Collegiate Peaks and the fourth highest summit in the contiguous United S ...

, and

Mount Yale Mount Yale is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, west by nort ...

). Mount Shavano is famous for the Angel of Shavano, a snow formation in the image of an angel that emerges on the east face of the mountain during snow melt each spring.Louis W. Dawson II, ''Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1'', Blue Clover Press, 1994,

Climbing

The standard route to the top is rated Class 2. Summit of Mount Shavano

Historical names

*Mount Chavanaux *Mount Shavano – 1981 *Mount Usher *Shavano Peak – 1906

References

External links

Mount Shavano on 14ers.com
Shavano San Isabel National Forest Shavano Shavano {{Colorado-geo-stub

Mountain

Climbing

Historical names

See also

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