Cathedral Mountain is a elevation

Navajo Sandstone The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.Anonymou ...

summit located in

Zion National Park Zion National Park is an American national park 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 variety ...

, in Washington County of southwest

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

, 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 Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Nearly the entir ...

, 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 Runoff, run-off or RUNOFF may refer to: * RUNOFF, the first computer text-formatting program * Runoff or run-off, another name for bleed, printing that lies beyond the edges to which a printed sheet is trimmed * Runoff or run-off, a stock market ...

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 an ...

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

The Organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

, 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 no ...

, 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 United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior. The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the federal govern ...

. ''The Spearhead'', elevation 5,804-ft, is the southernmost tip of this mountain, and is prominently featured from

Zion Lodge Zion Lodge is located in Zion National Park, Utah, United States. The lodge was designed in 1924 as a compromise solution between its developer, the Utah Parks Company, which wanted a large hotel, and National Park Service director Stephen Mather, ...

. The

first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...

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
/ref>

Climate

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

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, it is located in a

Cold semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...

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

References

External links

{{commons category, Cathedral Mountain (Zion National Park)
Zion National Park
National Park Service * Weather forecast
Cathedral Mountain
* Cathedral Mountain Rock Climbing
mountainproject.com
Mountains of Utah Zion National Park Mountains of Washington County, Utah Sandstone formations of the United States North American 2000 m summits

Description

Climate

Gallery

See also

References

External links