Tijeras Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Tijeras Peak

| photo = Tijeras Peak from Music Pass.jpg

| photo_caption = East aspect, from Music Pass

| elevation_ft = 13610.

| elevation_ref = The elevation of Tijeras Peak includes an adjustment of +1.721 m (+5.65 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.{{cite peakbagger|pid=18902|title=Tijeras Peak, Colorado|access-date=November 6, 2014}}

| prominence_ft = 744

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| isolation_mi = 1.70

| isolation_ref =

| listing =

| range = Sangre de Cristo Range

| location = Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado, United States

| map = Colorado

| map_caption = Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|37.9244446|N|105.5402863|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=196576|name=Tijeras Peak|access-date=November 6, 2014}}

| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Crestone Peak, Colorado

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| easiest_route =

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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 {{convert|13610|ft|0|adj=on}} thirteener is located {{convert|15.8|km|order=flip}} 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.[http://www.nps.gov/grsa/faqs.htm Great Sand Dunes FAQ's #11] Tijeras is Spanish for scissors, and refers to the double-pronged rocky tip of the mountain.