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Mount of the Holy Cross

Distance
5.1 mi
Vertical
5,000 ft
Summit
13,917 ft
Difficulty
Very strenuous

Mount of the Holy Cross is a 14,005-foot peak at the northern end of the Sawatch Range, the highest point in Eagle County, Colorado. The mountain owes its name to a feature on its northeast face: a deep snow-filled couloir crossed near the top by a horizontal snow-filled bench,…

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About Mount of the Holy Cross

Mount of the Holy Cross is a high and prominent mountain summit in the northern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,005-foot (4268.80 m) fourteener is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness of White River National Forest, 6.6 miles (10.7 km) west-southwest of the Town of Red Cliff in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount of the Holy Cross is the highest point in Eagle County and the northern Sawatch Range.

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Mount of the Holy Cross with its famous cross-shaped snow couloir visible on the east face, photographed in early summer.
Sue Reynolds · CC BY-SA 2.0
The summit pyramid of Mount of the Holy Cross seen across a steep talus basin in the Holy Cross Wilderness.
Jeremiah LaRocco · CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking across Cross Creek basin to Notch Mountain from the summit ridge of Mount of the Holy Cross, the broader Sawatch Range stretching to the horizon.
Orion Wiseman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mount of the Holy Cross on the right and Notch Mountain on the left rise above forested ridges under winter cloud.
Dennis Yang · CC BY 2.0

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