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The rocky desert landscape and sparse plantlife give the Mount Cristo Rey trail a distinct, other-worldly feel.
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The 29 foot tall limestone Mount Cristo Rey monument, commonly called "Christ of the Rockies."
One of the trail's shrines, this one to the Virgin of Fatima. It is kept locked on non-event days. In the distance, the border fence can be seen crawling up the mesa, marking the international boundary.
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Brendan Ross
Dec 31, 2015 near Sunland Park, NM
“The rocky desert landscape and sparse plantlife give the Mount Cristo Rey trail a distinct, other-worldly feel.”  

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The rocky desert landscape and sparse plantlife give the Mount Cristo Rey trail a distinct, other-worldly feel.
One of the trail's shrines, this one to the Virgin of Fatima. It is kept locked on non-event days. In the distance, the border fence can be seen crawling up the mesa, marking the international boundary.
One of the trail's twelve stations of the cross, part of the Via Dolorosa. Sunland Park, western El Paso, and the Franklin Mountains are in the background.
View of the Franklin Mountains and the valley.
Almost there.
The remains of the house sculptor Urbici Soler lived in while building the statue.
Memorial plaques of contributors to the original 1939 construction. Among them are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Manuel Camacho (former Mexican president), Pope Pius XII, and prominent Catholic clergy from around the world.
The 29 foot tall limestone Mount Cristo Rey monument, commonly called "Christ of the Rockies."
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Mount Cristo Rey

4.6 mi 7.4 km
 6 ROUTE
Sunland Park, NM
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