THE HIKE:

Standing on top of Pulpit Rock is something else. You see Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak posing in all their splendor. You feel a peace, a perspective, that I could never get into words.

ROUTES:

The main parking lot for Pulpit Rock is at I-25 and Nevada. Follow the little road behind Mowers and Motors (the place with the Go-Karts), and you’ll find the entrance gate neighboring a little power plant.

Pulpit Rock park is full of trails. Some are big and well maintained, others are small and seem confusing. Explore the little weird ones or just cruise on the big ones.

To summit Pulpit Rock, take the main trail out of the parking lot. In an eighth of a mile it T’s with another large trail. Go right. In about 50 yards, before you go around the first bend, you’ll see a small trail on your left—it heads directly towards Pulpit Rock. Follow it all the way to the top.

If you get off track, just keep going. There are four different ways up, so you ought to find one.

The last section is a little hairy. Expect some loose rock and enough incline to get you breathing. But all in all, the whole hike is friendly and more than worth your time.

GOOD TO KNOW:

-It is possible to fall off of Puplit Rock. And that wouldn’t be good. But you’d have to try pretty hard to do it. So don’t go dancing on the edges.

-This is a bold statement, but I think there’s no view in Colorado Springs that can rival the one from Pulpit Rock. It is big and it will force you to admit that you are small. I promise, there’s something about this place that’ll blow you away.