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Cap Rock ChallengeType: Traditional | Size: Regular 
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| Terrain:  By: Bob Hostetler @ | Hide Date: 05/29/2002 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 07.416 W104° 57.034 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 20
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To get to the Palmer Lake Reservoir Trailhead, take Highway 105 from Monument toward Palmer Lake. As you approach Palmer Lake, turn left on S. Valley Road, go thru a four-way stop and turn left at the Reservoir sign to the trailhead. Go up the trail past the first reservoir, then as the trail turns sharply left take an unimproved trail up the left side of the rocky Ice Cave Creek (also the location of the Palmer Lake Ice Cave cache). After perhaps 20 minutes, the trail will cross the creek--continue to follow it until it "T's" into a N/S trail marked on the USGS maps as an old four-wheel drive road. Follow this trail until it tries to cross the creek again and instead head on up Ice Cave Creek on its right side up typically 20-50' above the Creek on a rather indistinct trail. At an early point up the hill I've place a wood arrow on the ground marking the route where you might go too high. On the way, you will get your first view of Cap Rock--at this point the east and south walls will make it look like an unclimbable pillar. Just beyond the third little gully coming in from the right at 39 07.32 104 56.93 you should angle right up the ridge toward the SE corner of Cap Rock (the summit is on the same corner). At 07.36 56.98 angle into the huge rocks toward a big tree and then angle right to stay under three house-sized rocks. Then, generally work your way thru the rocks to the N staying 50-75' to the right of the E face of the Rock. (These last two sections involve significant scrambling moves over the rock--they are doable but may require a "spot" for some people.) At 07.47 57.00 turn west and scramble up to the point where you can see the ramp that leads south to the summit.
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