Pike's Peak long range view about
30 miles approaching Colorado Springs.
Pike's Peak elevation - 14,110 feet.
Mountaindale RV Park in Colorado Springs
about 17 mi. from downtown and very nice.
Home on Wheels resting
RV Park Friend
RV Park Friend
Dennis enjoying Rocky Mountain High
Cog Rail Tracks
Arriving at Peak
The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine at Victor, an open-pit heap leach operation owned by AngloGold Ashanti, is the leading producer, with 8.8 tons (280,000 ozt) of gold in 2006
as viewed from the top of Pikes Peak.
Katharine Lee Bates authored America the Beautiful
and dedicated at the top of Pikes Peak, Colorado
Inspiration
Commemorating 100 years in 1993
of America The Beautiful written
July 22, 1893 after Bates visited Pike's Peak
Ladies heading to Cog Rail Center
Steve and Betty awaiting "all aboard"
call at Cog Rail Station
Highway to top of Pike's Peak
Cog Rail at Pike's Peak top.
Pike Peak snow June 11, 2014
Looking down from Pike's Peak to Colorado Springs
area below
- "...here we found the snow middle deep; no sign of beast or bird inhabiting this region. The thermometer which stood at 9° above 0 at the foot of the mountain, here fell to 4° below 0. The summit of the Grand Peak, which was entirely bare of vegetation and covered with snow, now appeared at the distance of 15 or 16 miles (24 or 26 km) from us, and as high again as what we had ascended, and would have taken a whole day's march to have arrived at its base, when I believed no human being could have ascended to its pinical [sic]. This with the condition of my soldiers who had only light overalls on, and no stockings, and every way ill provided to endure the inclemency of the region; the bad prospect of killing any thing to subsist on, with the further detention of two or three days, which it must occasion, determined us to return."[
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