Tabeguache Peak

Tabeguache Peak is one of Colorado’s fourteeners in the south-central Sawatch Range, east of the Continental Divide and west of the Arkansas River, within San Isabel National Forest. Closely paired with the slightly higher Mount Shavano about half a mile to the southeast, it is often climbed with that neighboring summit on a standard Class 2 combined route. The peak takes its name from the Tabeguache band of the Utes, a name generally understood as “People of Sun Mountain,” from tava, meaning “sun.” Though sometimes treated as a twin summit because of its setting, it remains a distinct high peak and has also appeared historically as Mount Tabequache and Tabeguache Mountain.

Garfield, Colorado · United States