Mount of the Holy Cross

E402378

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)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 watershed ⓘ
Eagle River basin ⓘ
linked to: Eagle River
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 ⓘ
Sawatch Range ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Holy Cross Wilderness ⓘ
White River National Forest ⓘ
managedBy United States Forest Service ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Forest Service
mountainRange Sawatch Range ⓘ
namedBy William Henry Jackson ⓘ
nearestMajorResort Vail, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Vail
nearestTown Minturn, Colorado ⓘ
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 Half Moon trailhead ⓘ
stateRankByElevation 27 ⓘ
USGSTopographicMap Mount of the Holy Cross quadrangle ⓘ
winterAccess backcountry and ski mountaineering ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sawatch Range → contains → Mount of the Holy Cross ⓘ
Colorado fourteeners → notablePeak → Mount of the Holy Cross ⓘ
Mount of the Holy Cross → USGSTopographicMap → Mount of the Holy Cross quadrangle ⓘ
linked to: Mount of the Holy Cross
Central Colorado Rockies → contains → Mount of the Holy Cross ⓘ
Holy Cross Ridge → parentPeak → Mount of the Holy Cross ⓘ
Holy Cross Ridge → isSubsidiaryPeakOf → Mount of the Holy Cross ⓘ
Holy Cross Ridge → near → Mount of the Holy Cross ⓘ
Holy Cross Wilderness → hasPeak → Mount of the Holy Cross ⓘ
Holy Cross Wilderness → hasHighestPoint → Mount of the Holy Cross ⓘ