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Tijeras Peak
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
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
.
Tijeras
is
Spanish
for
scissors
, and refers to the double-pronged rocky tip of the
mountain
.
Mountain
Historical
names
Tijeras Peak
–
1970
Tiseras Peak