Spanish Peaks

American  

plural noun

1. two mountains, West Spanish Peak (13,626 feet; 4,153 meters) and East Spanish Peak (12,683 feet; 3,866 meters), in S Colorado, in the E Sangre de Christo range.

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Example Sentences

The Spanish Peaks have long been an important monument for generations of people who have called southern Colorado home.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Under the gaze of the imposing Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado, the 50-acre Parker-Fitzgerald Cuchara Mountain Park is the story of so many American ski areas, only the community was determined to change the script.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023

The route encompasses the Spanish Peaks, a sacred spot for many tribes, including the Comanche and Ute, who believed that summer thunderstorms were a magic act performed by rain gods living in the summit.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2021

On the way back, she spotted an orange ear tag among a group of sheep, members of the Madison Range’s other sheep population, known as the Spanish Peaks herd.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2018

One day, while thus employed, he was perched in the highest branches of a lofty old cotton-wood on the banks of the River Timchera and not far off from the "Spanish Peaks."

From The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself by Peters, de Witt C.