Uncompaghre

The Uncompahgre Plateau rises between the valleys of the Colorado and its tributaries in the Ute homeland. Its name is associated with the Tabeguache, or Uncompahgre Utes, whose country included the Gunnison and Uncompahgre rivers. In 1776 the expedition of Domínguez and Escalante crossed the plateau on its journey through the interior. Escalante recorded the Ute name of a mountain country belonging to the Tabeguache as the party travelled north and west.