Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,011 ft / 4271 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 28' 0'' N, 106° 28' 54'' W 39.466697, -106.48172 (Dec Deg) 372540 E 4369616 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Eagle (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 420      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 393) Selected Trip Reports:      1986-08-03 by David Olson      1997-08 by Petter Bjørstad      2003-07-19 by Donnie Puckle      2005-08-12 by Patrick Lilly      2007-09-28 by David Foster      2008-07-10 by Patrick Lilly      2009-09-11 by Adam Walker      2010-04-27 by Robbie Massie      2014-07-05 by Dave Boboltz      2015-06-20 by Ben Ryan      2015-06-21 by Jacob Winey (GPS Track)      2015-07-11 by glen mizenko      2015-07-18 by Nick Logel      2015-07-26 by Terry DelliQuadri      2015-09-06 by Albert Wolff      2015-09-06 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)      2015-09-28 by Thomas Checkley (GPS Track)      2016-09-04 by Stav Basis      2016-09-21 by Harvest Mondello      2017-04-15 by Jacob Winey (GPS Track)      2017-07-23 by William Musser      2017-07-24 by Jonathan Scislow      2017-07-24 by Dave Carlson      2017-08-05 by Beth Lakin (GPS Track)      2017-08-26 by Andy Habel (GPS Track)      2017-09-24 by Rick Smith      2018-07-09 by Andrew Karr (GPS Track)      2018-09-22 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track)      2018-09-25 by Josh Luzania      2019-09-10 by Mike Wright      2019-09-13 by Michele Arnold      2020-07-09 by Benjamin Kiser      2020-07-14 by Rob Lanxon      2021-04-18 by Jacob Winey (GPS Track)      2021-07-22 by Jeremy Jiminez      2021-07-22 by Joseph McGrath      2021-08-04 by Trevor Butcher      2021-09-05 by Barrett Wood      2021-09-15 by Ingrid Dockersmith (GPS Track)
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Approaching Mount of the Holy Cross (2007-08-13). Photo by Terry Flood. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2111 ft/644 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2111 ft/644 m   Line Parent: Mount Massive-Far Northwest Peak   Key Col: 11,894 ft/3625 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 18.41 mi/29.63 km    Isolation Limit Point: 39.2, -106.494 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Massive-Far Northwest Peak  (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sawatch Range Range5: Northern Sawatch Range (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Colorado Gulf of California Pacific-Central America/Mexico Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: White River National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Holy Cross Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Mount of the Holy Cross O39106d4 1:24,000
First Ascent	August, 1873     Gardner, James     Holmes, W.H.
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Mount of the Holy Cross from the tourist trail (2015-09-21). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mount of the Holy cross as seen from Holy Cross Ridge (2017-08-27). Photo by Andy Habel. Click here for larger-size photo.

Taken at the Summit (2021-08-20). Photo by Jacque Douglas. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mount of the Holy Cross. Flower along the ridge heading toward final rock scramble to the top (2016-07-24). Photo by Mark Bowden. Click here for larger-size photo.

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