St. Peter's Dome

St. Peter's Dome
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Statistics:
- Date Hiked: September 20, 2005
- Miles Hiked: 1.4
- Elevation Gain: 700'
- Hiking Partner(s): Thomas Milinowicz
Description:
- Rather than going up the Manitou Incline again, I went up to St. Peter's Dome with Tom. It is a very short hike, but worth it if you are looking for a quick hike just outside of Colorado Springs. There is a trail most of the way, but towards the top you simply have to scramble on the rocks to reach the summit. Once on the main summit, I down climbed some low class 5 rock on the "north face" in order to make it to a notch between the twin summits. The scramble to the northern point was easy from the notch. Rather than descending to the trail from the notch, I reclimbed the main point up a different low class five chimney to see that Tom was already heading down the opposite side. Nothing too exciting, but worth it to kill some time. I was surprised to see St. Peter's Dome even had a page on Summitpost.com.
Maps:
- No map available.
Photographs:
- A view of the north summit of St. Peter's Dome with Colorado Springs in the background.
- Tom's summit photo.
- Tom on the summit of of St. Peter's Dome after I scrambled over to the north summit. You can see the chimney I climbed up on my way back to the main summit below and just to the right of Tom. Not very good light in the photo.