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Mount of the Holy Cross July 3-4 2008
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Mount of the Holy Cross July 3-4 2008 

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Mount of the Holy Cross

July 3 2008:

Six year old Kessler left the trailhead in the afternoon and backpacked over Halfmoon Pass and over to Cross Creek where we camped. There were several snowfields to hike across. The stream was really high which made for an interesting crossing. We had a nice camp at Cross Creek.

July 4 2008:

At 6:15 am we left for the summit of Mount of the Holy Cross. We reached the top just before 11 am, but spent over an hour on the summit on a bluebird day. We hiked down the mountain and packed up camp and at an early dinner before climbing back over Halfmoon Pass. We had a second dinner on Halfmoon Pass and didn’t arrive back at the trailhead until 7:30 PM, over a 13 hour day, though we took our time on the climb out over Halfmoon Pass and down to the trailhead. With 4300 feet (1310 meters) altitude gain and 4800 feet (1460 meters) of descent on day 2 the peak was a hard earned prize for any six year old.

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Summit of Holy Cross on July 4 2008

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Summit of Mount of the Holy Cross on July 4 2008

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Approach

North Ridge of Holy Cross

Elk Range from the summit

Mount Jackson

Views from the north ridge

Mount of the Holy Cross

North Ridge

Gore Range from the summit

Flat section of the ridge

Campsite


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