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Mount of the Holy Cross

4,269 m14,006 ft

Prominence: 647 m2,121 ft
Isolation: 30 km
Tonight: 23°FFair · Wind 5–15 mph SSW

Mount of the Holy Cross is a 4,269 m (14,006 ft) mountain in the Sawatch Range, Colorado, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 4,269 m · 14,006 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Massive (4,395 m)
Range: Sawatch Range
Region: Colorado, United States
Protected area: White River National Forest
Spanish name: Monte Holy Cross
Coordinates: 39.4668° N, 106.4817° W

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3D map

Mount of the Holy Cross 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount of the Holy Cross terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount of the Holy Cross elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount of the Holy Cross weather

Tonight · Fair · 23°F (-5°C) · 18% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph SSW

Mount of the Holy Cross forecast for the summit, about 4,067 m.

Tonight23°18%5–15 mph SSW
Sat24°32°47%15–20 mph SSE
Sun21°31°65%5–20 mph S
Mon20°30°14%5–10 mph W
Tue20°34°9%10–15 mph SSW
Wed20°33°4%5–15 mph SW
Thu22°34°6%5–10 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:47 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount of the Holy Cross

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount of the Holy Cross, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
2.6 km NNE
+2 more within 6.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
Halfmoon Trailhead
5.6 km NE · +2 more within 7.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Campsite	2.6 km NNE
Halfmoon TrailheadParking	5.6 km NE
Half Moon CampgroundCampsite	5.7 km NE
Campsite	6.9 km NE
Whitney Lake TrailheadParking	7.4 km SE
Holy Cross City TrailheadParking	7.8 km SSE

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

24.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.8%

Steep, 30–45°

26.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

6.5%

Steeper than 30°: 33.2% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 1,402 m low point 2,867 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 51.7%Bare rock / sparse 27.3%Moss & lichen 12.4%Grassland 7.9%Water 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Mount of the Holy Cross summit.

Summit list 3

1Notch Mountain4,030 m 2.2 km ENE
2Whitney Peak4,041 m 3.9 km S
3Middle Mountain3,760 m 4.4 km SW

Where it sits

Where Mount of the Holy Cross sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Dillon ReservoirLake · 2,748 m40 km ENE

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,269 m at the summit; the official height is 4,269 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,269 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	4,269 m	-0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	4,269 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-30	4,263 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,252 m	-17 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-09-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount of the Holy Cross

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

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