Magnificent Pikes Peak rises dramatically from the Colorado prairie to a height of 14;114 feet above sea level. Visible for one hundred miles around; the granite giant�s magnetic appeal compelled rugged mountaineers more than a century ago to risk loose saddles; electrical storms and even murder on treacherous expeditions to the summit. First known as Long Mountain by the Native Americans who sojourned at its hot springs; Pikes Peak was a full-fledged tourist destination by the 1870s. Eager men and women ventured up and down by foot; horse; burro; stagecoach; rail and bicycle. Colorado Mountain Club historian Woody Smith captures the news of the era to recount the thrill of pioneer days on America�s most famous mountain.
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