Pikes Peak Granite
Granite. Mesoproterozoic, about 1,600 to 1,000 million years old. 42 crags on this site have their map point on it.
What the map says
White to orange-pink biotitic or biotite-hornblende granite, granodiorite, and quartz-monzonite. Weathers to disaggregated mass of constituent minerals (called grus). Age about 1.04 billion years (Hedge and others, 1967, p. 551).
1:100,000 sheet: Trimble and others, 2003, U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series I-856-H (40 crags). A contact line at that scale is about 100 m wide on the ground.
Pinkish-orange to light-gray, medium- to coarse-grained biotite- and biotite-hornblende granite with feldspar crystals as long as 2.5 cm. Forms large, slabby outcrops and weathers to orange-brown grussy soil (contains abundant feldspar and mica fragments). U-Pb zircon age about 1,080 Ma (Unruh and others, 1995; Smith and others, 1999)
1:100,000 sheet: Kellogg and others, 2008, USGS Geologic Investigations Series 3000 (2 crags). A contact line at that scale is about 100 m wide on the ground.
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South Platte
- Dines Cliff51 routes · Staunton State Park · 8,622 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Cathedral Spires Bouldering7 routes and 32 boulder problems · Cathedral Spires Area · 6,964 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Top Of The World33 routes and 1 boulder problem · Buffalo Creek · 7,772 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Sunshine Wall34 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,940 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Main Area27 routes and 2 boulder problems · Sedalia Crack Bouldering · 7,567 ft
- Atlantis Slab23 routes · Deckers · 6,313 ft
- Cynical Pinnacle22 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,947 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Bucksnort Slab21 routes and 1 boulder problem · Pine Area · 6,943 ft
- The Dome19 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,714 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- The Raven18 routes · Staunton State Park · 8,575 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Java Dome17 routes · Deckers · 6,609 ft
- Squat Rock16 routes · Pine Area · 6,823 ft
- Snake Buttress15 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,284 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Jazz Dome14 routes · Deckers · 6,435 ft
- Little Half Dome13 routes · Deckers · 6,378 ft
- Sphinx Rock11 routes and 1 boulder problem · Pine Area · 6,953 ft
- The Little Dome9 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,374 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Angle Iron Slabs8 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,374 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Block Tower8 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 8,246 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Poe Buttress8 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 8,023 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Elk Creek Spires8 routes · Staunton State Park · 8,933 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Gnome Dome6 routes and 1 boulder problem · Buffalo Creek · 7,065 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- The Bishop7 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 8,004 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Humphrey's Dome6 routes · Buffalo Creek · 7,065 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- The Twisted Sisters6 routes · Buffalo Creek · 7,065 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Watson Park Creek6 routes · Rampart Range Road · 7,581 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Obscure Buffalo Creek Rocks4 routes and 1 boulder problem · Buffalo Creek · 7,065 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Bali Dome5 routes · Deckers · 6,567 ft
- Surrounding/Dispersed Boulders5 routes · Sedalia Crack Bouldering · 7,614 ft
- Borneo Slab4 routes · Deckers · 6,255 ft
- Gilligan's Island4 routes · Deckers · 6,567 ft
- Etive Slabs4 routes · Pine Area · 6,823 ft
- Cabin Ridge Rock4 routes · Rampart Range Road · 7,582 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Poop Point3 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,374 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Baron's Estate2 routes · Buffalo Creek · 7,065 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Chicken Boulder2 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,374 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Miscellaneous Crags2 routes · Cathedral Spires Area · 7,374 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Green Meanie Boulders1 route and 1 boulder problem · Deckers · 7,568 ft
- Hall of Mirrors1 route · Cathedral Spires Area · 8,337 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)
- Goose Creek1 boulder problem · 6,895 ft
- Bachleor Party Crag1 route · Slacker Dome Area · 7,435 ft
- Lion's Head1 route · Staunton State Park · 8,604 ft · granite (Pikes Peak Granite) (another source)