| Mount Shavano | |
|---|---|
 Esprit Point (left) and Mt. Shavano from the southeast | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,228.3 ft (4,336.8 m)[1] NAPGD2022 |
| Prominence | 1,619 ft (493 m)[2] |
| Isolation | 3.78 mi (6.08 km)[2] |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 17th |
| Coordinates | 38°37′09″N106°14′22″W / 38.6191541°N 106.2393278°W /38.6191541; -106.2393278[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Shavano | |
| 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 ahighmountainsummit in the southernSawatch Range of theRocky Mountains of North America. The 14,228.3-foot (4,337 m)fourteener is located inSan Isabel National Forest, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north by west (bearing 350°) of the community ofMaysville inChaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor ofUteChief Shavano.[3][6][2][4]
Mount Shavano lies just east of theContinental Divide and just west of theArkansas River rising 7,200 feet above the town ofSalida inChaffee County to the southeast. Mount Shavano lies in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range, north ofMount Ouray andMount Chipeta and south of theCollegiate Peaks (includingMount Princeton,Mount Harvard, andMount Yale). Mount Shavano is famous for theAngel of Shavano, a snow formation in the image of an angel that emerges on the east face of the mountain during snow melt each spring.[7]
The standard route to the top is rated Class 2.[8]
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