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Mount Saint Catherine

840m

Summit weather

Tranquilometro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation
840m
Prominence
840m
Isolation
127km
Relief
830mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
46°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
NoneSee month by month ↓
Summit
12.1622°N, 61.6750°W

Mountain in Grenada

Mount Saint Catherine is a volcano in Grenada. Its summit stands 840 m above sea level. It is the highest point of GD. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 840 m, and the nearest higher ground is 127 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (10 m), it rises 830 m. The steepest side is the north-west face: 23° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 46° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Victoria, 5 km away at 70 m: 770 m below the summit.

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Scores

Mount Saint Catherine for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

3.5/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Estimated from the slope: OpenStreetMap has no graded paths near the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

  • 0.0/2.50 waymarked routes and 0 path sections nearby
  • 0.0/1.50 huts and shelters
  • 0.8/2770 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.3/1.5840 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

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No ski runs within 12 km in OpenStreetMap.

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

Plan your visit

Stay, climb and get there

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Snow

When there is snow on Mount Saint Catherine

In a normal year there is no snow on this mountain, not even at the summit.

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Mount Saint Catherine, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average September afternoon the summit reaches about 25 °C; on February nights it falls to about 22 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In September the 0 °C line climbs to about 5,810 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, February is the driest month (30 mm) and November the wettest (172 mm).

0 m2,000 m4,000 m6,000 mSUMMIT · 840 mVICTORIA · 70 mJanuary: 5,410 mFebruary: 5,390 mMarch: 5,430 mApril: 5,530 mMay: 5,630 mJune: 5,630 mJuly: 5,650 mAugust: 5,750 mSeptember: 5,810 mOctober: 5,770 mNovember: 5,690 mDecember: 5,550 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CVictoria high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January2322275,41061148.2
February2322275,3903088.8
March2322275,4303679.0
April2422275,5303998.8
May2423285,63079168.6
June2423285,630146247.6
July2423285,650164268.1
August2524285,750164288.4
September2524295,810139258.3
October2524285,770165267.6
November2424285,690172257.5
December2423275,550108197.9

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 10 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 3× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
840 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
840 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 15°NNE: 14°NEE: 16°ESE: 22°SES: 11°SSW: 12°SWW: 18°WNW: 23°NW

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Mount Saint Catherine

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Mount Saint Catherine seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • —mountain huts and shelters
  • —cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
  • —ski areas
  • —waymarked hiking routes
  • —via ferratas
  • —climbing crags and routes
  • —named glaciers
  • 7viewpoints

    View Crater Lake, Leapers Hill, Beausejour Lookout, Welcome Rock and 3 more

  • —campsites
  • 8hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Armadillo, Almost Paradise Cottages, Vílla Poseidon, Treetops Villa Guest House and 4 more

  • 20restaurants and cafés

Towns at the foot

  • Victoria5 km · 70 m
  • Gouyave6 km · 19 m
  • Grenville7 km · 15 m
  • Upper La Taste7 km · 65 m
  • Sauteurs7 km · 46 m
  • Grand Roy8 km · 21 m
  • Saint David’s13 km · 179 m
  • Saint George's15 km · 6 m

OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Calabash Tree in Grenada 02
Larsen9236 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grenada - panoramio - georama (2)
georama · CC BY 3.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1991–2020 average232323242424242525252424
2020+0.4+0.3+0.1+0.1+0.2+0.4+0.4+0.3+0.5+0.2±0.0±0.0
2021+0.3+0.1−0.3−0.1−0.2±0.0+0.1+0.1+0.4+0.3±0.0+0.3
2022±0.0+0.1+0.1−0.1−0.1±0.0±0.0+0.2+0.3+0.1−0.1−0.3
2023−0.1−0.2±0.0−0.2+0.3+1.0+0.9+1.1+1.0+1.2+0.8+0.8
2024+1.1+1.2+1.2+1.4+1.2+1.2+1.2+1.0+1.1+1.3+1.0+0.7
2025+1.0+0.5+0.6+0.3+0.5+0.2+0.4+0.8+0.6+0.6+0.4±0.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q525281) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profilesCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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