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Mount of the Holy Cross is a mountain of the Rocky Mountains in Holy Cross Wilderness, in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. It was named for the distinctive cross-shaped snowfield on the northeast face. The mountain was formerly a U.S. National Monument but lost that status in 1950 when the cross formation had lost much of its distinction due to erosion and rock slides. At 14005, it is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners.
It was first climbed in 1873 by F.V. Hayden and photographer W.H. Jackson during one of Hayden's geographical surveys.
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