Travel north from Albuquerque on Interstate 25 to exit 264. Getting There To the Saint Peters Dome Trailhead: The shortest is driving up to a low point on the ridge between Boundary Peak and Saint Peters Dome and walking along the Boundary Peak Trail for half a mile or less. Another route is the Saint Peters Dome Trail that starts on the southern border of the Dome Wilderness. It is possible to come from the north on the Boundary Peak Trail from Bandelier National Monument. There are three ways to the top of this peak. Hit by a fire in 1996, it continues to recover, which is why the higher peaks have no trees. The Dome Wilderness Area is the smallest wilderness area in New Mexico. This place is not visited often, especially in the winter, and provides a wonderful outdoor experience with plenty of solitude. Large, obtuse boulders of tuff as well as hole-filled cliffs from the volcanic activity in the past accent the area with interesting landmarks and potential rock climbing locations. Today, they stand as monuments to an amazing past filled with huge amounts of volcanism visible over much of the northern Rio Grande Valley. This peak as well as the rest of the Jemez Mountains were once part of a massive supervolcano that collapsed around a million years ago, which sent hundreds of cubic kilometers of rock and ash into the atmosphere. OverviewBoundary Peak is the northern-most, and steepest member of a peak cluster on the eastern edge of the Jemez Mountains overlooking Cochit Pueblo, Cochiti Lake, and the Rio Grande River.
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