The panoramic views from the top of Pikes Peak inspired English professor Katharine Lee Bates to write a poem. Her words would become “America the Beautiful,” one of the most patriotic songs in the nation’s history.
), a historic resort that makes for a cushy base camp while playing in the mountains around Colorado Springs.
The Broadmoor, which added the cog railway to its portfolio in 1925, peddles a lengthy menu of adventures, from falconry and fly fishing to rock climbing and zip lining. Its, available to hotel guests and non-guests May-October for $230, includes a one-way train trip to the top of Pikes Peak. That’s where you hop on a bicycle for an adrenaline-gushing 19-mile ride to the bottom, shedding about 7,000 feet of elevation along the way.
Steve Goeglein makes his way to the top part of the mountain for the June 30 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb at Pike National Forest, 10 miles west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on June 9, 2013.
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