Tabeguache Peak map

Tabeguache Peak

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4 316 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

139 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 3 131 m

14er

Mountains higher than 14 ⁠000 ⁠ft / 4 ⁠267 ⁠m with at least 300 ⁠ft / 91 ⁠m of topographic prominence.

About

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. According to William Bright 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 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.

The mountain is named for the Tabeguache band of the Utes. "Tabaguache" means 'People of Sun Mountain', from "Tava" meaning 'sun.'

There's an alpine trail (T4) called Tabeguache Peak leading to the summit.

By elevation Tabeguache Peak is

# 64 out of 91437 in USA
# 27 out of 4045 in Colorado
# 6 out of 197 in San Isabel National Forest
# 8 out of 113 in Chaffee County
# 10 out of 271 in the Sawatch Range
# 27 out of 4253 in the Southern Rocky Mountains

By prominence Tabeguache Peak is

# 80 out of 197 in San Isabel National Forest
# 55 out of 113 in Chaffee County