Cathedral Mountain is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in

Zion National Park Zion National Park is a national park of the United States located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a ...

, in Washington County of southwest

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, United States.

Description

Cathedral Mountain is situated at the north end of

Zion Canyon Zion Canyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; ''weap'' is Southern Paiute, Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin ...

, towering above the canyon floor and the North Fork of the

Virgin River The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about long.Calculated with Google Maps and Google Earth It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the ...

which drains precipitation runoff from this mountain. Cathedral is the nearest higher neighbor to

Angels Landing Angels Landing, known previously as the Temple of Aeolus, is a tall Formation of rocks, rock formation in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, United States. A renowned trail cut into solid rock in 1926 leads to the top of Angels Landing ...

, with of separation, and the Angels Landing Trail traverses Refrigerator Canyon between them. Other neighbors include The Great White Throne,

Observation Point A scenic viewpoint—also called an observation point, viewpoint, viewing point, vista point, scenic overlook,These terms are more commonly used in North America. etc.—is an elevated location where people can view scenery (often with binocul ...

, The Organ, Lady Mountain,

Cable Mountain Cable Mountain is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Towering above the floor of Zion Canyon at the Big Bend area, Cable Mountain is situated immediately ...

, and parent Mount Majestic. This feature's descriptive name was applied by Stephen S. Johnson in 1922, and officially adopted in 1934 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. ''The Spearhead'', elevation 5,804-ft, is the southernmost tip of this mountain, and is prominently featured from Zion Lodge. The

first ascent In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in climbing guidebook, guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route. Early 20th-century mountaineers a ...

of Cathedral was made by Walter Becker, Fritz Becker, and Rudolph Weidner on August 31, 1931.A Brief History of Climbing in Zion. bigwalls.net
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Climate

Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Cathedral Mountain. According to the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

system, it is located in a

Cold semi-arid climate Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute thermodynamic ...

zone, which is defined by the coldest month having an average mean temperature below , and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.

Gallery

File:View from Observation Point Trail.jpg, Cathedral centered beyond Big Bend File:Observation Point (6231720129).jpg, Enjoying the view from Observation Point, white cliffs of Cathedral Mountain to right File:Cathedral Mountain from Observation Point.jpg, Cathedral Mountain from Observation Point File:Zion Canyon from Observation Point trail.jpg, Cathedral Mountain (left) from the trail, with Observation Point upper right File:Angels Landing from the Deertrap Mountain Trail (6026023069).jpg, Cathedral (left) from south. Angels Landing centered. File:Cathedral Mountain from Angels Landing.jpg, Cathedral Mountain from Angels Landing File:The Spearhead, Zion.jpg, The Spearhead File:The Spearhead from Emerald Pools Trail - panoramio.jpg, The Spearhead File:Spearhead Mountain from below Zion Lodge. Spearhead at left. Entire mountain called the Monastery and sometimes... - NARA - 520378.jpg, The Spearhead in 1929 File:Upper Zion Canyon Panorama.jpg, Cathedral centered

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External links

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Zion National Park
National Park Service * Weather forecast
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* Cathedral Mountain Rock Climbing
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