Tabeguache Peak is one of the
fourteener
In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener (also spelled 14er) is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least . The 96 fourteeners in the United States are all west of the Mississippi River. Colorado
Co ...
s of the
US state of
Colorado
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. It is a near neighbor of the higher peak
Mount Shavano, which lies approximately 1/2 mile (approximately 1 km) to the southeast. According to
William Bright
William Oliver Bright (August 13, 1928 – October 15, 2006) was an American linguist and toponymist who specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics.
Biography
Bright earned a bachelor's degree in lin ...
an American Linguist specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics it is pronounced "TAB-uh-wahch" ().
According to Mountaineer Louis Dawson the name is pronounced "tab-uh-wash," with the accent on the first syllable.
It lies just east of the
Continental Divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
and just west of the
Arkansas River
The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in Colorado, specifically ...
, in the south-central part of the
Sawatch Range
The Sawatch Range or Saguache RangeThe place name "Saguache” is pronounced “Sawatch” . This name derives from the Ute language noun "''sawup''" meaning "sand dunes" and is spelled using the Spanish language version of this name "Saguach ...
.
It is located within the
San Isabel National Forest
San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado. The forest contains 19 of the state's 53 fourteeners, peaks over high, including Mount Elbert, the highest point in Colorado.
It is one of eleven national forests in the state of Col ...
and is in
Chaffee County.
The mountain is named for the
Tabeguache
The Uncompahgre Ute () or ꞌAkaꞌ-páa-gharʉrʉ Núuchi (also: Ahkawa Pahgaha Nooch) is a band of the Ute, a Native American tribe located in the US states of Colorado and Utah. In the Ute language, means "rocks that make water red." The band ...
band of the
Utes. "Tabaguache" means 'People of Sun Mountain', from "Tava" meaning 'sun.'
Climbing
It is frequently climbed with its neighbor
Mount Shavano. The standard route combining both peaks is rated Class 2.
Climate
Historical names
*Mogwatavungwantsingwu
*Mount Tabequache
*Tabeguache Mountain
*Tageguache Peak – 1982
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See also
*List of mountain peaks of Colorado
This is a list of major mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado.
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks in Colorado.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
#The topographi ...
**List of Colorado fourteeners
This is a list of mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado that exceed of elevation.
In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a ''fourteener'' is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet. This is a co ...
References
External links
*
Mount Shavano at the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
*
Mountains of Chaffee County, Colorado
Fourteeners of Colorado
Four-thousanders of the United States
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