St. Peter's Dome

[zzzippper]

Is anyone aware of this area near CO Springs? It is supposed to be a place for rock hounds. We went there Friday but it was gated off and a sign said it was closed due to flood damage and there was no access to public land.

Any idea if it will ever open up? The gate looked VERY permanent.

[Zundfolge]

Old Stage Road (which connects to Gold Camp Road) is closed due to flooding damage, I heard they were supposed to re-open the road in April (which is almost over). edit: Found this on the county's web site.

I think you can get to St Peter's Dome from the other side, if you take US 24 up through Woodland Park and turn left on 67 at Divide taking it all the way down to the intersection with 81/64 (basically you go straight instead of turning right with 67 which goes to Cripple Creek) almost all the way to Victor you can get on Gold Camp Road from that side.

Here's the route from CR 81 to Colorado Springs from west to east.

Here's the route from Colorado Springs through Woodland Park to the other end of Gold Camp Road.

Yeah, the closures of Old Stage Road and Rampart Range Road (closed because of Waldo Canyon Fire) are real annoying ... the whole reason I bought a Jeep in the first place was to drive up both those roads and they both got closed before I had the chance to go


Side note, if you're going to be that close to Victor, you should drive in to town, go to the Gold Camp Bakery and order a their Bienenstich (aka "Bee Sting" ... German dessert, very good, one serving is big enough for two people). Nifty little bakery run by this German lady. (just noticed that Google Maps puts them about a block too far north, they're across the street and south of Victor Ave not north of it ... its a small town, you can't miss it)

[baglock1]

I think you can get to St Peter's Dome from the other side, if you take US 24 up through Woodland Park and turn left on 67 at Divide taking it all the way down to the intersection with 81/64 (basically you go straight instead of turning right with 67 which goes to Cripple Creek) almost all the way to Victor you can get on Gold Camp Road from that side.

I spoke with the Broadmoor Stables awhile back and they indicated it was closed from the Cripple Creek side as well. I haven't verified that anywhere else.

[zzzippper]

Thanks, you made the perfect response the first time and just made it better! How did you come up with those GPS coordinates?

We drove down Friday, hoping to take a try at rock hounding. Ended up going to the zoo which was very nice.

[Zundfolge]

I got the GPS coords just from poking around on Google Maps.

The zoo is nice, did you happen to drive up to the Will Rogers Shrine?

[zzzippper]

No we did the zoo then had lunch at the brewery. Walked across the parking lot to the Ghost Town Museum, a tourist trap but one of the nicer ones I've seen. There is so much to do around Manitou Springs we have a list of things to do. We're already planning another day trip, I'll make sure Will R. is on the list. Oh wait, is the the shrine that is castle looking that looms over the zoo?

[Zundfolge]

Yes, the shrine is the tower that looms over the zoo, admission to the shrine is covered by the price to get into the zoo. You get to drive through the zoo to get to it too which is kinda cool. That said, paying a full zoo admission just to see the shrine probably isn't worth it.

http://www.cmzoo.org/aboutZoo/history/willRogersShrine.asp


After visiting the shrine I'm convinced that Spencer Penrose was gay.

[zzzippper]

After visiting the shrine I'm convinced that Spencer Penrose was gay.

He certainly looks "dashing"!

[Aloha_Shooter]

After visiting the shrine I'm convinced that Spencer Penrose was gay.

He certainly was gay but the word had a different meaning and connotation in those days.

[Lurch]

Bunch of places up around Cripple Creek and Tarryall. We have found a few nice things but also we are just getting started ourselves. If you have little kids I can tell you about a place you can literally drive to and step out and collect purple feldspar or at least thats what someone told us it was.