Gunnar

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Had the opportunity to drive Pike's Peak Highway this past Saturday. It's mostly pavement now, but I had set a goal to get up it this summer before they pave it completely. It was 81 degrees in Colorado Springs and 46 degrees at the top. We were above some clouds, and there was part of the mountain where the clouds were rolling off and heading upward. Truly an awesome drive that any car guy should take if given the chance!

All pics were taken with my HTC Evo, sized down from 3264 x 1952. Enjoy!





Monument commemorating the poem America the Beautiful, written by Katharine Lee Bates after being inspired by the view from the summit in 1893.















Our trusty rental steed






Guy driving down yelled "Don't jump!" when I was taking this






Ranger told us there were 160 turns in the climb.

dlove

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There > KC

custm2500

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supper cool!

Did you set any time reccords in the suburban?

bizerk1

nice drive , u should take the car after roads done

slackerr26

awesome. thanks for sharing!

Gunnar

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I've been thinking about that, I think I will one of these days.

Sales4@Texas-Speed

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Nice pics! Colorado is amazing if you ask me.

SSmoken

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pikes peak is awesome!!! went there 2 summers ago.

bizerk1

I want to do this drive someday with my car thats why I said you should, I would want to do it with the camaro after it paved but if I had an STI I would do that now,lol

joblo1978

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I serious doubt pikes peak will ever be completely paved. They do the hill climb rallys there.



I've had mine up there. Nothing a little soap and water won't fix.

ks my ss

Nice pictures. I have been up to the top a few times myself. I lived in Colorado Springs for over a year.

miller456

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Never would've guessed!!!

thunderstruck507

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I would love to go if it didn't mean driving through Kansas or West OK

blertawho

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I went the day before the races last year, but couldn't because we were on our way to Vegas.

Mr. Luos

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I live 1.5 hours from the Springs....and I haven't been up there in years.
Normally stick to Mt. Evans and the stuff near Denver.

Great shots!

Magnet

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VAJa...&feature=share

Badhawk

I drove a gubment f350 up while I was tdy at Peterson. Its was May, and we were wearing shorts and sandles. But when we got to the top, it was snowing. We couldn't go to the very top since it was iced over but we made it to 14k ft. It Was truly awesome. No camara can capture a descent pic of what you really see.