Robin Stevens: Photos: USA 2007: New England and Southwest: Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak region:

Pikes Peak


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Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
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Cog Railway "Abt" System
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Locomotive number 5. No longer operational.
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More prosaic Swiss-built diesel railcar
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First glimpse of the summit from the cog railway
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Approaching the treeline
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Neighbouring summit
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Aptly-named "Windy Point", elevation 12129ft
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Summit, 14110ft
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Railcar at the summit
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End of the line!
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The city of Colorado Springs far below, and the high plains beyond
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Looking down the mountain, with the Barr Trail visible above the treeline
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Probably the actual summit
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Yet another summit marker
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Monument to Katharine Lee Bates, author of America the Beautiful
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Why it's here
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Big Tooth Reservoir and Seven Lakes region
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Good place for altitude research
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Unmade road to the summit.
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Some more lakes, southwest of the summit
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Barren landscape above the treeline
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North Calamount, South Calamount and Crystal Reservoirs, and the town of Woodland Park
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Zebulon Pike monument
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Garden of the Gods, Manitou
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The original 1873 summit house
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For those descending the hard way. I got back on the train.
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