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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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They are as tall as many of the Rocky Mountain summits to the west, but the Spanish Peaks formed at a different time and from completely different rocks.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2024

Laurie Weiskopf said Tom was working last week at The Club at Spanish Peaks and attended a legacy luncheon at a club where he is designing a collection of his 10 favorite par 3s.

From Seattle Times Aug. 21, 2022

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

The Spanish Peaks, which the Utes knew as “the breasts of the world,” still dominate.

From Washington Times Mar. 24, 2018

Dick was took in by the Utes two years afterwards at the foot of the Spanish Peaks, and Al was killed by the Apaches at Pawnee Rock, in 1847.

From The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway by Buffalo Bill

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