Mount of the Holy Cross
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Mount of the Holy Cross is a prominent Colorado fourteener famed for the distinctive cross-shaped snowfield on its northeast face.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount of the Holy Cross canonical | 6 |
| Mount of the Holy Cross quadrangle | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fourteener
ⓘ
mountain ⓘ |
| artisticDepictionBy | Thomas Moran ⓘ |
| climbingPermitRequirement | no special technical permit typically required ⓘ |
| climbingSeason | summer ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| drainage |
Colorado River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Colorado River watershed
Eagle River ⓘ
surface form:
Eagle River basin
|
| elevation |
14005 feet
ⓘ
4270 meters ⓘ |
| face | northeast face ⓘ |
| featureType | glacially carved peak ⓘ |
| firstAscent | 1873 ⓘ |
| firstAscentBy | William Henry Jackson party ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
afternoon thunderstorms
ⓘ
lingering snowfields ⓘ route-finding difficulties ⓘ |
| hasListing |
Colorado fourteeners
ⓘ
North American 4000 m summits ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | cross-shaped snowfield ⓘ |
| hasSubpeak | Holy Cross Ridge ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Gore Range
ⓘ
Sawatch Range interior ⓘ |
| isInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Eagle County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Sawatch Range ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Holy Cross Wilderness
ⓘ
White River National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy |
U.S. Forest Service
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Forest Service
|
| mountainRange | Sawatch Range ⓘ |
| namedBy | William Henry Jackson ⓘ |
| nearestMajorResort |
Vail
ⓘ
surface form:
Vail, Colorado
|
| nearestTown | Minturn, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | distinctive cross-shaped snowfield visible in late spring and early summer ⓘ |
| photoFame | William Henry Jackson photographs ⓘ |
| prominence |
1840 feet
ⓘ
560 meters ⓘ |
| protectedSince | Holy Cross Wilderness designation 1980 ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | Christian pilgrimage site in late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ |
| snowfieldOrientation | cross-shaped couloirs on northeast face ⓘ |
| standardRoute | North Ridge ⓘ |
| standardRouteClass | Class 2 ⓘ |
| standardTrailhead |
Halfmoon Creek trailhead
ⓘ
surface form:
Half Moon trailhead
|
| stateRankByElevation | 27 ⓘ |
| USGSTopographicMap |
Mount of the Holy Cross
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mount of the Holy Cross quadrangle
|
| winterAccess | backcountry and ski mountaineering ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mount of the Holy Cross quadrangle