Events
Mount Cristo Rey
March 30, 2018
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunland Park, NM 88063
- Event Days:
- Friday
- Venue:
- Mount Cristo Rey
- Admission:
- Free
- Contact Phone Number:
- 915-252-9840
The mountain trail will be open on Good Friday! The trail features stops for the traditional 14 Stations of the Cross, as well as shrines to our Lady of Fatima and our Lady of Guadalupe. The trail is 5 miles round trip.
People are also invited to walk the trail 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Easter Sunday April 1.
The four-story-tall statue of Christ on the cross tops the mountain, 4,576 feet above sea level, in Sunland Park, NM; near the junction of Mexico, Texas and New Mexico. Built in 1938-40 by sculptor Urbici Soler, the monument is accessible off McNutt Road (Highway 273) in Sunland Park– take the Racetrack exit off Paisano and cross the Rio Grande.