Colorado · Rock climbing · Dumont

Mill Creek Dome

Mill Creek Dome in Colorado has 14 climbing routes across 9 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad styles.

14 routes
5.7 – 5.13c/d
Sport · Trad · Mixed

Is Mill Creek Dome open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.

As of · Source: USFS · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Mill Creek Dome

Best months: May–June and September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    36° / 16°

    9 wet

  2. Feb

    38° / 15°

    9 wet

  3. Mar

    44° / 21°

    10 wet

  4. Apr

    50° / 26°

    11 wet

  5. May

    60° / 35°

    11 wet

  6. Jun

    72° / 42°

    10 wet

  7. Jul

    77° / 49°

    13 wet

  8. Aug

    75° / 47°

    13 wet

  9. Sep

    68° / 39°

    10 wet

  10. Oct

    57° / 30°

    8 wet

  11. Nov

    44° / 22°

    7 wet

  12. Dec

    36° / 15°

    8 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Georgetown, CO, 6.9 mi away at 8,520 ft. The station sits about 800 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Mill Creek Dome is a climbing area in the Clear Creek Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among two other climbing areas, Mill Creek Crag and Lisa Randall Wall, both about 0.1 mile away. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Georgetown, at a lower elevation than the dome, run from highs around 72°F in June to about 77°F in July, with July the wettest month at 13 wet days. That station's July highs are a few degrees warmer than at the dome, so expect cooler temperatures up high. Columbine Campground is about 4.4 miles away, and Clear Creek offers paddling about 4.8 miles off. The Sunny Skies Trail and Yankee Hill Trail are both within 3 miles for a day on foot.

Routes (14)

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