Drive up Pikes Peak Part 10 High Definition - Pikes Peak is a 14115 foot mountain west of Colorado Springs, Colorado in El Paso County. It is named for Zebulon Pike, an explorer who led an expedition to the southern Colorado area in 1806. Drivers race up the mountain in a famous annual race called the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. The peak is also the site of the Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent foot races on the Barr trail. The upper portion of Pikes Peak is a federally designated National Historic Landmark. The Pikes Peak highway is a 19 mile road which starts a few miles up Ute Pass at Cascade. A project to pave the road by 2012 is underway. Much of the fame of Pikes Peak is due to its location along the eastern edge of the Rockies. Pikes Peak is the easternmost fourteen thousand foot peak in the United States. It lies 37 miles west of Colorado Springs (traveling by road). Unlike most other similarly tall mountains in Colorado, it serves as a visible landmark for many miles to the east, far into the Great Plains of Colorado. As one drives south on Interstate 25 towards the city of Colorado Springs, it comes into view from a distance of more than 65 miles (105 km). On a clear day, the peak can be seen from Denver (more than 60 miles (97 km) north), points south of Pueblo (up to 76 miles) and from locations east from Limon (85 miles).
Pikes Peak is made of a characteristic pink granite, called Pikes Peak granite. The pink color is due to a large amount of potassium feldspar. The granite was formed by an igneous intrusion in the Pre-Cambrian, approximately 1.05 billion years ago, during the Grenville orogeny. During the period of exploration in Colorado, many would refer to the mountain as "Pike's Peak," after Zebulon Pike, the man who first documented it and attempted to climb to its summit. The attempt failed to reach the summit, as it was made during the winter. The snow drifts were reported chest-high at the time of the climb.
Edwin James was the first to reach the summit, during a summer attempt. Later, some suggested calling it "James' Peak," but in the same area there was another "James' Peak," which made identification a confusing issue. The name went back and forth until it was settled with a uniquely identifiable name.
Originally the peak was called "Pike's Peak", but in 1891, the newly formed US Board on Geographic Names recommended against the use of apostrophes in names, so officially the name of the peak does not include an apostrophe. In addition, in 1978 the Colorado state legislature passed a law mandating the use of "Pikes Peak" only. Even so, the old name is often seen.
The earliest record we could find that noted the altitude of Pikes Peak was an 1859 map that described the routes to Pikes Peak during the gold rush. Pikes Peak's altitude was listed at 14,500 feet. A stereograph of the Signal Station on the Summit by J. Thurlow (circa 1874-78) showed the elevation as 14,216 feet. In the same general timeframe was another stereograph by Eugene Brant that had the altitude marked at 14,336. Next was an 1891 William Hook photo with the altitude stated as 14,147. While a Heistand image (also from 1891) had the altitude stated as 14,336, most other souvenirs and images from that era repeated the 14,147 altitude. In 1907, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) set the official altitude at 14,107. Another USGS survey in 1909 reset the altitude at 14,109. We could not find the exact date, but the altitude was again reset to 14,110 on or before 1951. In 2002, yet another USGS measurement reset the altitude of Pikes Peak to 14,115. (Even though the official new altitude was declared seven years ago, most current tourism materials and signage still reflect the earlier altitude of 14,110.)
No visit to the Pikes Peak region is complete without experiencing Pikes Peak - America's Mountain! From the gateway at 7,400 feet to the 14,110-foot summit, a safe, scenic highway provides you the opportunity to enjoy Pikes peak at your leisure. You will encounter some of the most breathtaking scenery in the world as you wind your way through an alpine wonderland of mountain reservoirs, beyond timberline, overtaking the clouds...all part of the 19-mile journey to the top. Stop in and pick up souvenirs at one of the gift shops. In addition to gifts, the Crystal Reservoir Gift Shop, just six miles up the road, offers sluice mining and interpretive opportunities during the summer. The Glen Cove Inn, at 13 miles, offers snacks and a comfortable seat on a rock by the stream at the bottom of one of the cirques on Pikes Peak. The Summit offers a grilled food menu and world-famous donuts. From the Summit, you'll thrill at the 360-degree panorama that includes the city of Colorado Springs, the eastern plains towards Kansas, the Continental Divide, and range upon range of snow-capped Rocky Mountains. The entrance to Pikes Peak -- America's Mountain is conveniently located 15 minutes west of Colorado Springs on Highway 24.
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Risky AGGRESSIVE DRIVING PIKES PEAK - Drive up Pikes Peak Part 18 of 21 Heading Downby jrossvideo2,376 views
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razorxtr 2 months ago
@TheDpAnderson2112 here's the thing...the rich have had their fair share of opportunity for the last decade. Now it's time for the middle class to get some help. Only right. The gap between the rich and everyone else has gotten bigger and bigger. It's bad for the economy anyway. However, I don't think the rich must literally help the poor. They don't have to.
kestkr 3 months ago
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
emfoster71 6 months ago
I love it when there is a beautiful, amazing video on YouTube, and then you look at the comments, and it's a bunch of complete dumbasses arguing a bunch of dumbass political claptrap. All of you need to STFU, and drive off of the side of a mountain while drinking your cancerous kool-aid. Sane, normal Americans will view the violent explosion of your pathetic suicide as fireworks, celebrating the re-birth of reason and compassion in this formerly admirable Nation.
emfoster71 6 months ago
tryed to go up it almost threw up couldnt make it to the top
rockenriffs 8 months ago
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TheDpanderson2112 9 months ago
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ElTebe 1 year ago
@silverpizza100 Somebody has got chance, some hasnt. Somebody has got job, somebody has not. Somebody has got family, talent, beauty, and so on. If i study lot and do my work for a lifetime (and i've fortune too), i want to travel or do other things. Meet/contact people and see other countries and people: how they lives. I want to buy gps too because paper based maps made from trees and worst usability than gps or if i buy a car, a lot of people can work too: engineers, drirvers, and so on.
ElTebe 1 year ago
OMG you are destroying our planet with your rich lifestyle. Why dont you rich people help some of us poor people out? Must be nice. New car, GPS , Travel. Be nicer to help people eat. You know you stupid government aint giving nothing. I am disabled and was denied SSD , even though I when in there with a mountian, no pun, of paperwork and a hand written letter from my Doctor saying I am disabled.
silverpizza100 1 year ago
Nice video! I was up there about three weeks after your video was shot and while there was a little more snow up there than we saw, that was the exact ride we took too! Same nice blue sky at the summit and road conditions...
martywittrock 1 year ago