Cerro El Pital is a mountain in Central America, on the border of El Salvador and Honduras. It is located 12 km (7 mi) from the town of La Palma and at a height of 2,730 m (8,957 ft) it is the highest point of the Salvadoran territory. It is a mountain in the middle of a cloudy forest that has an average annual temperature of 10 °C (50 °F).

It is one of the most touristic places of the country with many endangered plants and animals with a wide altitudinal range and as written works made to order by essay service show, this place is rich in great biodiversity. The cloud forest in the esesmiles has rare fauna and flora for the country, it has quetzales and other endangered species.

In the months of November to February the temperature is between 10 and -4 degrees Celsius and the other months the temperature is between 20 and 5 degrees Celsius. Is the coldest place in El Salvador, it is also the only known place where there is snowfall in the country. On 13 April 2004, the temperature hit record lows and much of the hill was covered by a frost and ice that caused commotion among the local community.