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All Locations > Colorado > Alpine Rock > Mt of the Holy… > N Face (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c AI3)
Photodiagram of the North Face of Holy Cross Mountain (winter pic borrowed from Summitpost).
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Climbing Magazine Basecamp account of first ascent.
Conditions 7-6-2021, be sure to climb this route during a frozen season.
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Larry Coats
Aug 3, 2016
“Photodiagram of the North Face of Holy Cross Mountain (winter pic borrowed from Summitpost).”  

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Photodiagram of the North Face of Holy Cross Mountain (winter pic borrowed from Summitpost).
Conditions 7-6-2021, be sure to climb this route during a frozen season.
The first ascent party with friends on the summit - dressed in era-appropriate duds (L to R: Larry Coats, Joe Sharber, Gloria Hardwick, and Ross Hardwick).
Larry Coats leading the final ramp pitch (65 degree ice).
Larry Coats on alpine ice above the chimney pitch.
Ross Hardwick leading the chimney pitch on the first ascent.
Climbing Magazine Basecamp account of first ascent.