Sawatch

A Mother goat and her kid on the summit of Quandary Peak in the Sawatch Range of Colorado

Favorite Pictures 2010

Everything had been soured when two close friends were killed in the Sawatch Range: He hadn't climbed or even followed the sport as an observer since.

Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners 2009

Sawatch comes from the Ute word meaning “blue-green” or “waters of the earth.”

Camp Wonder 2009

Just as Holy Cross had been the last fourteener of the Sawatch Range for my completion list, Longs Peak would be my last summit of the Front Range.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Just as Holy Cross had been the last fourteener of the Sawatch Range for my completion list, Longs Peak would be my last summit of the Front Range.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place Aron Ralston 2004

Just as Holy Cross had been the last fourteener of the Sawatch Range for my completion list, Longs Peak would be my last summit of the Front Range.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Just as Holy Cross had been the last fourteener of the Sawatch Range for my completion list, Longs Peak would be my last summit of the Front Range.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Some of them are of considerable size, especially those on the Wind River and Sawatch ranges in Wyoming and Colorado.

Steep Trails John Muir 1876

More conspicuous, on the north, were the wooded slopes of the Sierras Mojada and Sawatch; while, right and left, towered the snow-covered peaks of Pike and the Watoyah -- like giant sentinels guarding the approach to this fair mountain-girt valley.

The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

-- Road for 7 miles, to Sawatch Buttes, is good; thence 1-1/2 mile to the last crossing of the Sawatch, where is a good camping-place.

The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849