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Pangborn's Pinnacle Rock Climbing

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Elevation:	10,000 ft	3,048 m
GPS:	38.87905, -105.0961 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Tim Stich on Aug 27, 2009
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Description

This rock is accessed from The Crags day use parking, which is now on the road to the campground on the right. A trail takes you up steep switchbacks and around and above the campground, which you can see below and right. You then come to a split with the right hand fork going across a foot bridge and up to the summit of Pike's Peak eventually. Take the left fork and stay in the drainage. Within about a mile the pinnacle will become very visible on your right.

Getting There

From US Highway 24 out of Colorado Springs, drive past Woodland Park to Divide and take a left on CO 67 to Cripple Creek. Just past the entrance to Mueller State Park, look for a brown NP sign on the left that says "Crags TH." Turn down this dirt road and take a right at the Mennonite camp and drive a mile or so further. Turn into the Crags Day Use Parking on the right. Parking is free for day use. The Crags Campground is a fee use area. You can hike up the spur to join the original trail or hike the road there through the campground, which is less steep.

Per Keith B. Ives: the free parking for the trail head is at the "Crags Devils Playground Trailhead".