Mount Shavano | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,228.3 ft (4,336.8 m)[1] |
Prominence | 1,619 ft (493 m)[2] |
Isolation | 3.78 mi (6.08 km)[2] |
Listing | Colorado Fourteener 17th |
Coordinates | 38°37′09″N 106°14′22″W / 38.6191541°N 106.2393278°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
Parent range | Sawatch Range[2] |
Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Maysville, Colorado[3] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | East Slopes: Hike, class 2[5] |
Mount Shavano is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,228.3-foot (4,337 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north by west (bearing 350°) of the community of Maysville in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of Ute Chief Shavano.[3][6][2][4]