Tijeras Peak, Great Sand Dunes National Park

#2 among attractions in Great Sand Dunes National Park

Natural attraction, Mountain

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Tijeras Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,610-foot thirteener is located 9.8 miles 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. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 13610 ftProminence: 744 ftCoordinates: 37°55'28"N, 105°32'24"W

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Day trips

Tijeras Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Willow Lake, Humboldt Peak, Crestone Needle, Kit Carson Peak.

6.1 miNW
Natural attraction, Lake
Willow Lake, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
155 min walk • Willow Lake, also known as the lower Willow Creek Lake, is an alpine lake in Saguache County, Colorado, United States, located in the Sangre de Cristo Range within the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in Rio Grande National Forest.
3.7 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Humboldt Peak, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
94 min walk • Humboldt Peak is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
3.4 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Crestone Needle, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
88 min walk • Crestone Needle is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
5.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kit Carson Peak, Rio Grande National Forest
131 min walk • Kit Carson Peak is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
3.8 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Crestone Peak, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
98 min walk • Crestone Peak is the seventh-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,300-foot fourteener is the highest summit of the Crestones and the second-highest summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range after Blanca Peak.
5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Challenger Point, Rio Grande National Forest
136 min walk • Challenger Point is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
4.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Columbia Point, Rio Grande National Forest
126 min walk • Columbia Point is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,986-foot thirteener is located 5.5 miles east by south of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.
5.8 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Herard, Great Sand Dunes National Park
147 min walk • Mount Herard is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,345-foot thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve, 15.0 miles southeast of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.
3.4 miNW
Climbing
Ellingwood Ledges, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
87 min walk • The Ellingwood Arete is a popular technical climbing route on Crestone Needle in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Range. The Ellingwood Ledges Route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. An "arete" is "a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains".
3.9 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Crestones, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
100 min walk • The Crestones are a group of four 14,000 foot peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Range above Crestone, central southern Colorado, comprising: Crestone Peak Crestone Needle Kit Carson Mountain Humboldt Peak Snow is usually mostly melted by early July.