Tick Dome

Richard Aschert and I started a route on the right side of the dome that goes at 5.12- (ground up) to our high point...we have been shut down by the heat and are hoping to finish the route by early September.

We walked in from the north side and it is somewhat of pain in the ass and a grunt. We are thinking of putting in a rappel from the top of the dome so you leave your pack and walk out once you are done climbing.

Do you have any other information about other lines that have been done?

I heard the Petes climbed it back in the day. I see a fair amount of potential for natural lines, and I would find it pretty hard to believe that they haven't been climbed if not at least attempted. Seems no one cares to claim their line.

Jason...two of the main crack systems in the center of the Dome have been climbed and are mentioned in the old South Platte guide...they go at 5.9. There is still a large amount of unclimbed rock on the dome but the approached and the need for drilling keeps the masses away.

Pete and I did a trad route up one of the main crack systems in the center of the dome in 1980. I really don't remember much about it, other that it was about 5.9 or so. Pete W. probably could provide more info from his climbing diary - which is a hell of a lot more accurate than my fading memory.

Richard Aschert and I did a new route on the left side of the main wall...Ripple Wall, 5.12-, three pitches and 530 feet long. Trad route with dicey face climbing (first pitch 5.12-) and then 5.10 crack and 5.8 face and crack to the top.

The route we started on the right side of the dome is still unfinished but hopefully not for long.