Mount Shavano
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| Mount Shavano | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 14,229 ft (4,337 m) |
| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, United States |
| Range | Rocky Mountains, Sawatch Range |
| Prominence | 1,619 ft (493 m) |
| Coordinates | |
| Topo map | USGS Maysville 38106-E2 1:24,000 |
| Easiest route | hike |
Mount Shavano, with an altitude of 14,229 feet (4,337 meters), is one of the fourteeners of the US state of Colorado. It is the 17th highest peak in Colorado and a near-neighbor to Tabeguache Peak. It lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas River and the town of Salida in Chaffee County. Mount Shavano lies in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range, north of Mount Ouray and Mount Chipeta and south of the Collegiate Peaks (including Mount Princeton, Mount Harvard, and Mount Yale). 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.[1]
Mount Shavano is located within the San Isabel National Forest and was named after Chief Shavano of the Ute Tribe.
[edit] References
- ^ Louis W. Dawson II, Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1, Blue Clover Press, 1994, ISBN 0-9628867-1-8
[edit] External links
- Mount Shavano at the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
- Mount Shavano on fourteeners.org
- Mount Shavano on peakbagger.com
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