Tabeguache Peak Explained

Tabeguache Peak
Photo Alt:Photo of Tabeguache Peak
Elevation Ft:14162
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence Ft:455
Prominence Ref:[3]
Isolation Mi:0.75
Listing:Colorado Fourteener 25th
Location:Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Range:Sawatch Range
Map:Colorado
Coordinates:38.6255°N -106.2509°W
Topo:USGS 7.5' topographic map
Saint Elmo, Colorado
Easiest Route:Via Mt. Shavano: Hike, [5]

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.[6] According to William Bright an American Linguist specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics it is pronounced "TAB-uh-wahch" .[7] According to Mountaineer Louis Dawson the name is pronounced "tab-uh-wash," with the accent on the first syllable.[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.

The mountain is named for the Tabeguache band of the Utes. "Tabaguache" means 'People of Sun Mountain', from "Tava" meaning 'sun.'[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. JL0888. TABEGUACHE. October 22, 2014.
  2. The elevation of Tabeguache Peak includes an adjustment of +2.107 m (+6.91 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. 5761. Tabeguache Peak, Colorado. October 22, 2014.
  4. 203948. Tabeguache Peak. October 29, 2014.
  5. Web site: Tabeguache Peak Routes . 14ers.com .
  6. The topographic prominence of Tabeguache Peak is only 435feet, and the usual cutoff for independence is 300feet.
  7. Book: William Bright . Colorado Place Names . Johnson Books . 2004 . 978-1555663339.
  8. Book: Louis W. Dawson II . Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1 . Blue Clover Press . 1994 . 0-9628867-1-8 . registration .
  9. Book: Eichler, George R.. Colorado Place Names. Boulder, Colorado. Johnson Publishing Company. 1977. 77-089726.
  10. Web site: Kaelin. Celinda Reynolds. Tava: A Ute Cultural History. 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045624/https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/senseofplace/cultural-history/ute-history-of-tava.html. 24 September 2017.