Tabernash is an

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, a

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, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by

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, United States. The Tabernash post office has the ZIP Code 80478. At the

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, the population of the Tabernash CDP was 417, while the population of the 80478

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was 1,606 including adjacent areas.

History

The Tabernash Post Office has been in operation since 1905. The community has the name of a

Ute Indian Ute () are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado in the Southwestern United States for many centuries unt ...

1984 airplane crash

On August 10, 1984, a

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(registration , piloted by James Jeb Caddell, 36, crashed in a forest near Tabernash. The aircraft was en route from Granby to

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, Colorado. The wreckage was found by backpackers three years later on August 23, 1987. A 6½ minute video shot from a VHS

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mounted on the instrument panel was found at the site. The heavily damaged tape, some of it hanging from tree branches, was recovered and repaired by Colorado deputy sheriff Dale Wood. Subsequent analysis of the footage revealed that the pilot had not taken into account the

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conditions that existed on the day of the flight. The aircraft was unable to climb away from steadily rising terrain. In an attempt to return to the departure airfield, the pneumatic stall warning of the airplane sounded three times during a turn to the right. The pilot could be heard yelling, "Damn, hang on Ronnie!" to his one backseat passenger, Ronald Hugh Wilmond, 36, three seconds before impacting the terrain and trees. The Caddells had put a 20-year moratorium (via the FAA) on the release of the film to the general public with the only stipulation that it (at the FAA's request to the Caddells) be shown only to flight instructors at conventions and workshops. The moratorium eventually expired and was not renewed, and thus the footage became part of the public domain. The video is now viewable on YouTube.

Geography

Tabernash is located in the valley of the

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passes through the community, leading northwest to Granby and southeast to Winter Park. The Tabernash CDP has an area of , all land.

Climate

This climate type is dominated by the winter season, a long, bitterly cold period with short, clear days, relatively little precipitation mostly in the form of snow, and low humidity. According to the

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system, Tabernash has a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, g ...

, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps.Climate summary for Tabernash, Colorado
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Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

References

External links

Tabernash @ Colorado.comTabernash @ UncoverColorado.comGrand County website
{{authority control Census-designated places in Grand County, Colorado Census-designated places in Colorado