Tijeras Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located southeast by east (bearing 120°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States, in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness on the boundary between Great Sand Dunes National Preserve and Rio Grande National Forest. Tijeras Peak is the highest summit in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.Great Sand Dunes FAQ's #11 Tijeras is Spanish for scissors, and refers to the double-pronged rocky tip of the mountain.
Historical names Tijeras Peak – 1970 Tiseras Peak
See also
List of Colorado mountain ranges List of Colorado mountain summits List of Colorado fourteeners List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits List of the most prominent summits of Colorado List of Colorado county high points
References
External links
summitpost.org