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Hike · Notch Mountain trailhead

Notch Mountain

Distance
1.7 mi
Vertical
2,930 ft
Summit
13,100 ft
Difficulty
Moderate

Notch Mountain is a 13,243-foot summit in the Sawatch Range, set inside the Holy Cross Wilderness on White River National Forest land. The mountain matters less for its own modest summit than for what it lets you see — its long upper ridge offers the canonical view of Mount of…

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About Notch Mountain

Notch Mountain is a 13,243-foot-elevation (4,036-meter) summit in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

The northeast aspect of Notch Mountain, twin snowy summits rising above dark conifer forest.
Rick Kimpel · CC BY-SA 2.0
Notch Mountain at left with Mount of the Holy Cross at center — the pair seen from near Vail.
Sue Reynolds · CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking across to Notch Mountain from the summit of Mount of the Holy Cross — the reverse of Jackson's 1873 photograph.
Orion Wiseman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Winter view of Notch Mountain and Mount of the Holy Cross from the north, deep snow on the upper slopes.
Dennis Yang · CC BY 2.0

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