Welcome to  ~ Pikes Peak, located in the Rocky Mountains west of Colorado Springs, is one of the most famous — and most attainable — 14ers in the country.

Clocking in at a magnificent 14,115 feet, Pikes Peak is one of the 53 mountains in Colorado that achieves a height of 14,000 feet+, offering it further bragging rights as one of the top 100 mountains in the United States. Talk about altitude!

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The picture below is from downtown Colorado Springs - see the brown mountain in the distance?  That is Pikes Peak.

Pikes Peak, which is proudly listed as a national historic landmark, was once home to the Ute Indians and — even earlier — to the Clovis Culture. (According to the official Pike Peak website, the Clovis Culture consisted of early peoples who made their way onto the continent during the last ice age.) Back in the time of the region’s first peoples, the mountain was referred to in many different ways, including Sun Mountain, Sun Mountain Sitting Big and Long Mountain (which was the name given by the Arapaho, who came to Colorado in the 1800s). The Spanish explorers who came to the region referred to the mountain as El Capitan.

Today, Pikes Peak can be ascended via the Pikes Peak Highway or Barr Trail. As Scott & I easily took the highway... The Cog railway was not operational while we were there but assured all visitors that it will return.  The mountain is home to a recreation area with three lakes, hiking trails, mountain biking trails.  We shall stick to the truck! LoL

Let's Begin

Salt, Anyone????

Ho Ho HoSanta's Workshop is an amusement park that opened on June 16, 1956 in Cascade, Colorado, located on U.S. Route 24 just west of Colorado Springs at the entrance to the Pikes Peak Highway Early BirdsSee how early we were???

           Enjoy the Green - it's about ready to disappear  

                                                                             Sick Yet????

Where are all the trees?

So happy to have made it to the top but our view was construction...  Place will be beautiful once complete.

                                       Did someone say Doughnuts?  Where - -

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Now for our decent
 

Salvador Dalí Look

                                                                                                Oxygen would be necessary if hiking!!!

Thanks for enjoying our day at Pikes Peak with us....