Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Pike's Peak trip

Beautiful aspens changing color

Sign at the cog railway depot in Manitou Springs Colorado. Town is at 7500 ft elevation, and a 9 mile train ride takes you up to 14500 ft elevation at the summit. 

Train stays 30-35 minutes at the summit. They say that longer than that, the thin air starts to be a problem for people not used to it.

Impressive view!

Leaving the trees below us

Windy Point. Pretty bleak, too.

Almost to the top 

At the top 



3 comments:

  1. wow, looks like fun! nice photos!

    v.

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  2. It was fun, yes. I was having trouble posting, so did not finish. Tomorrow I will add pictures of the 3 of us up there.

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  3. Did the altitude affect you? Very nice photos, BTW. py

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