Pikes Peak Cog Railway, Colorado
Location
Description
The summit is over 14,000 feet and with the relatively rapid ascent the lack of oxygen is very apparent. Also, even in summer, it is extremely cold at the summit. When we visited in mid-June there were walls of snow well above our heads alongside the short path from the summit station to the small gift shop.
The whole of the railway journey is extremely scenic and the views from the summit of the surrounding mountain ranges in the distance are truly spectacular.
Pikes Peak was named after its European discoverer, the explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike.
Cripple Creek, Victor and Colorado State Road 67 North of Cañon City
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Before you set out
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