| Peak: | Mt. of the Holy Cross |
| Route: | North Ridge |
| Range: | Sawatch |
| Posted By: | tanyaco4 |
| Date of Info: | 7/1/2012 |
| Date Posted: | 7/3/2012 |
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The trail was dry throughout and a very hot day. I really think this trail should be rated a class 3 the scrambles to the top are very steep and it's at least 2000 ft in vertical gain over the scrambles. Spent a long time climbing with all fours, I never carried poles but think its a good idea on this hike. This is a very long, strenuous hike to complete in one day. I would recommend camping at cross creek and completing it in 2 days. Beautiful hike it took us 12 hrs roundtrip to complete after a 30 min break at the summit. We were lucky there wasn't any storms. I hiked Longs Peak two summer's ago and this hike ranks up there with that one but not nearly as technical however the boulder field is a challenge. |
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