A Clear Creek County peak along Highway 103 and Fire Tower Trail was recently renamed Mestaa’ehehe Mountain. The new name honors Owl Woman, a Cheyenne translator and mediator who was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 1985. The mountain’s previous name was acknowledged as derogatory by locals and government bodies alike, and on Dec. 9, a federal naming board approved the name Mestaa’ehehe Mountain. On Dec. 8, Mother Nature provided a dazzling sunset along Fire Tower Trail and over the newly renamed peak.
Mestaa’ehehe sunset
