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The
Sangre de Cristo Mountains (
Spanish for "
Blood of Christ") are the southernmost
subrange of the
Rocky Mountains. They are located in northern
New Mexico and southern
Colorado in the
United States. The mountains run from
Poncha Pass in
South-Central Colorado, trending southeast and south, ending at a point southeast of
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The mountains contain a number of
fourteen thousand foot peaks in the Colorado portion, as well as all of the peaks in New Mexico which are over thirteen thousand feet.
The name,
Spanish for "blood of
Christ", is said to come from the red color of the range at some sunrises and sunsets, especially when the mountains are covered with snow,
alpenglow. However the particular origin of the name is unclear, and the name in fact only dates back to the early 19th century. Before that time the terms "La Sierra Nevada", "La Sierra Madre", "La Sierra", and "The Snowies" (used by English speakers) were used. Sometimes the archaic Spanish spelling "Christo" is used.
Prominent peaks
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