Sawatch Range

Yankin Sawatch Range / səˈwɑː tʃ / ko Saguache Range The place name "Saguache” is pronounced “Sawatch” /səˈwɑːtʃ/. This name derives from the Ute language noun "sawup" /səˈwʌp/ meaning "sand dunes" and is spelled using the Spanish language version of this name "Saguache".Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition (1997), p. 1060 s.v. Sawatch Range.   wani babban tsauni ne mai tsayi a tsakiyar Colorado wanda ya haɗa da takwas daga cikin kololuwa ashirin mafi tsayi a cikin Dutsen Rocky, gami da Dutsen Elbert, a  tsayi, mafi girman kololuwa a cikin Rockies.

Yankin yana daidaitawa tare da arewa maso yamma- kudu maso gabas, yana da kusan mil 80 (130  daga 39°37′36′′N 106°32′13′′W / 39.62667°N 106.53694°W / 39. 62667; -106.53697 a arewa zuwa 38°5′51′′N 106 °3′48′′W / 38.09750°N 106,06333°W / 38.09.50; -106.06333 a kudu. Yankin ya ƙunshi tsaunuka goma sha biyar sama da ƙafa 14,000 (4,267 m), wanda aka fi sani da goma sha huɗu. Yankin ya zama wani ɓangare na Continental Divide, kuma gefen gabashinsa yana shiga cikin Kogin Arkansas. Yankin yammacin kewayon yana ciyar da kogin Roaring Fork, Kogin Eagle, da Kogin Gunnison, masu ba da gudummawa ga Kogin Colorado.

Duwatsun Sawatch gabaɗaya suna da tsayi, manya-manya, kuma suna da laushi a cikin kwane-kwane. Yayin da wasu kololuwa suna da ƙarfi don buƙatar hawan fasaha, yawancin ana iya hawan su ta hanyar tafiya mai sauƙi, amma mai wahala. Sanannen koli sun haɗa da Dutsen Elbert, Dutsen Massive, La Plata Peak, Dutsen Cross Cross, da Kololuwar Kololuwa (Mounts Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Belford, da Oxford ).

Hanyar Jiha 82 ta ratsa kewayo a Independence Pass (Colorado) . Hakanan ana wucewa ta Cottonwood Pass, wanda ke haɗa garin Buena Vista tare da Gunnison County. Dukansu Pass Independence da Cottonwood Pass sun fi , yin su 2 na mafi girman wucewa a Colorado kuma yawanci ana buɗe su ne kawai daga ƙarshen bazara zuwa tsakiyar kaka. Hagerman Pass wata hanyar wucewa ce zuwa arewa, tana haɗa Arkansas Headwaters kusa da Leadville tare da babban kwarin kogin Fryingpan . Hagerman Pass yana tafiya tare da motocin tuƙi huɗu da ƙafa a lokacin bazara da farkon watanni na kaka. Kewayon ya ƙunshi hanyoyin tafiye-tafiye da yawa a cikin dajin San Isabel na ƙasa da dajin farin kogin ƙasa .

 Fitattun kololuwa 
+The 18 Mountain Peaks of the Sawatch Range With At Least 500 Meters of Topographic ProminenceRankMountain PeakElevationProminenceIsolation1Mount Elbert NGS4401.200 = 14,440 feet4401 m2771.546 = 9,093 feet2772 m01079.22 = 670.6 miles1079.2 km2Mount Massive4397.607 = 14,428 feet4398 m0591.617 = 1,941 feet592 m00008.15 = 5.1 miles8.2 km3Mount Harvard NGS4395.6 = 14,421 feet4395 m0709.270 = 2,327 feet709 m00024.01 = 14.9 miles24.0 km4La Plata Peak4371.7 = 14,343 feet4372 m0561.137 = 1,841 feet561 m00010.10 = 6.3 miles10.1 km5Mount Antero NGS4351.400 = 14,276 feet4351 m0762.914 = 2,503 feet763 m00028.56 = 17.7 miles28.6 km6Mount Princeton NGS4329.300 = 14,204 feet4329 m0663.550 = 2,177 feet664 m00008.36 = 5.2 miles8.4 km7Mount Yale NGS4328.810 = 14,202 feet4329 m0571.805 = 1,876 feet572 m00008.93 = 5.5 miles8.9 km8Mount of the Holy Cross NGS4270.510 = 14,011 feet4271 m0643.433 = 2,111 feet643 m00029.81 = 18.5 miles29.8 km9Grizzly Peak NGS4265.600 = 13,995 feet4266 m0581.558 = 1,908 feet582 m00010.89 = 6.8 miles10.9 km10Mount Ouray NGS4255.400 = 13,961 feet4255 m0810.463 = 2,659 feet810 m00021.86 = 13.6 miles21.9 km11Mount Jackson PB4168.538 = 13,676 feet4169 m0551.688 = 1,810 feet552 m00005.16 = 3.2 miles5.2 km12Bill Williams Peak PB4080.878 = 13,389 feet4081 m0512.674 = 1,682 feet513 m00006.51 = 4.0 miles6.5 km13Antora Peak PB4046.274 = 13,275 feet4046 m0734.263 = 2,409 feet734 m00010.86 = 6.7 miles10.9 km14Henry Mountain PB4042.037 = 13,261 feet4042 m0510.235 = 1,674 feet510 m00018.55 = 11.5 miles18.6 km15Park Cone PB3689.953 = 12,106 feet3690 m0621.792 = 2,040 feet622 m00005.53 = 3.4 miles5.5 km16Red Table Mountain PB3670.656 = 12,043 feet3671 m0614.782 = 2,017 feet615 m00016.56 = 10.3 miles16.6 km17Tomichi Dome PB3496.225 = 11,471 feet3496 m0708.660 = 2,325 feet709 m00021.39 = 13.3 miles21.4 km18Castle Peak PB3439.719 = 11,285 feet3440 m0926.592 = 3,040 feet927 m00030.47 = 18.9 miles30.5 km

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