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  2. Pikes Peak - Wikipedia

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    Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level. The massif rises over 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. It is composed of a characteristic pink granite called Pikes Peak granite.

  3. Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - Wikipedia

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    The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) and has over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,115 ...

  4. List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains - Wikipedia

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    Of the 100 highest major summits of the Rocky Mountains, 62 peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation, and all 100 peaks exceed 3746 meters (12,290 feet) elevation.

  5. Pikes Peak Cog Railway - Wikipedia

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    The idea for the railroad came in 1888, after a trip to the summit by inventor Zalmon G. Simmons, who had founded previously the Simmons Bedding Company.Simmons had designed a wooden telegraph insulator while on the board of directors of Western Union, and was surveying Englemann Canyon for telegraph lines to the top of Pikes Peak. [1]

  6. Pikes Peak Marathon - Wikipedia

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    The Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon is a trail running competition that begins at the base of Pikes Peak, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, and climbs over 7,815 feet (2382 m) to the top of the 14,115 foot (4302 m) peak.

  7. How to Watch the 100th Running of Pikes Peak International ...

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    The 100th running of the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb starts Sunday, June 26, at 9:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. Mountain time). Tickets are sold out, but fans will be able to watch the ...

  8. Ken Block’s Pikes Peak Porsche Is a 1400-HP Work of Art - AOL

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    Ken Block's latest build is a high-horsepower Porsche hill climber built to tackle the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Ken Block’s Pikes Peak Porsche Is a 1400-HP Work of Art Skip to main ...

  9. List of the highest major summits of the United States ...

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    A total of 477 mountain summits in the United States meet both criteria for the definition of "major summit" used here: at least 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) of topographic elevation and at least 500 metres (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence.

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