query: How high is Pikes peak?

title: Pikes Peak Marathon

text: Pikes Peak Marathon The Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon is a racing event 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. Since 1966, the event takes place each year in late summer, with the Ascent taking place on Saturday (slightly longer than a half-marathon, at 13.3 miles), and the round-trip marathon on Sunday. Because of the nature of the run (dirt trails, rock, and other natural obstacles) and the high altitude, the race is much more difficult than standard

title: Pikes Peak

text: 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote the song "America the Beautiful", after having admired the view from the top of Pikes Peak. It appeared in print in "The Congregationalist", a weekly journal, on July 4, 1895. A plaque commemorating the words to the song was placed at the summit. On July 17, 1913 William Wayne Brown drove his car, the "Bear Cat", to the summit. The ascent took 5 hours and 28 minutes. The uppermost portion of Pikes Peak, above 14,000 feet (4,300 m) elevation, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961. Pikes Peak was the home of a ski

title: Pikes Peak Marathon

text: the years. The following table shows the official winners of the Ascent. Course records are highlighted with green background. Pikes Peak Marathon The Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon is a racing event 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. Since 1966, the event takes place each year in late summer, with the Ascent taking place on Saturday (slightly longer than a half-marathon, at 13.3 miles), and the round-trip marathon on Sunday. Because of the nature of the run

title: Pikes Peak Prep

text: both college credit and high school credit. Pikes Peak Prep pays for student's college tuition, provides transportation, and books. Pikes Peak Prep Pikes Peak Prep is a free, public K–12 charter school located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. United States. Pikes Peak Prep is ranked a Performance level school based on the Colorado Department of Education evaluation in 2016. 100% of seniors in 2016 graduated from Pikes Peak Prep, and over 90% of students enroll in college. In 2012, Pikes Peak Prep received the Governor's Distinguished Improvement Award. The school offers a Middle College Program, allowing students to earn college

title: Pikes Peak Prep

text: Pikes Peak Prep Pikes Peak Prep is a free, public K–12 charter school located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. United States. Pikes Peak Prep is ranked a Performance level school based on the Colorado Department of Education evaluation in 2016. 100% of seniors in 2016 graduated from Pikes Peak Prep, and over 90% of students enroll in college. In 2012, Pikes Peak Prep received the Governor's Distinguished Improvement Award. The school offers a Middle College Program, allowing students to earn college credits. High School students are able to concurrently enroll in college classes at Pikes Peak Community College, and receive

title: Pikes Peak

text: long and arduous hike with nearly of elevation gain, and a trip one-way. Runners race to the top and back on Barr Trail in the annual Pikes Peak Marathon. Another route begins at Crags Campground, approaching the summit from the west. Since 1969, the summit of Pikes Peak has been the site of the United States Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory, a medical research laboratory for the assessment of the impact of high altitude on human physiological and medical parameters of military interest. On June 4, 2018 ground-breaking was held for a new Summit Complex which will be constructed next

title: Pikes Peak State Park

text: Pikes Peak State Park Pikes Peak State Park is a state park of Iowa, US, featuring a bluff overlooking the Upper Mississippi River opposite the confluence of the Wisconsin River. The park is operated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. It is nearly a thousand acres (4 km²) in extent. The nearest city is McGregor, Iowa. Iowa Highway 76 approximately defines its northern boundary. It gets its name from the Iowa incarnation of Pikes Peak, a particularly high point overlooking the gorge of the Upper Mississippi, and like Pikes Peak in Colorado, is named for Zebulon Pike. There are

title: Pikes Peak State Park

text: development, and will connect elements of these sites. Pikes Peak State Park Pikes Peak State Park is a state park of Iowa, US, featuring a bluff overlooking the Upper Mississippi River opposite the confluence of the Wisconsin River. The park is operated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. It is nearly a thousand acres (4 km²) in extent. The nearest city is McGregor, Iowa. Iowa Highway 76 approximately defines its northern boundary. It gets its name from the Iowa incarnation of Pikes Peak, a particularly high point overlooking the gorge of the Upper Mississippi, and like Pikes Peak in

title: Pikes Peak

text: Pikes Peak Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The ultra-prominent fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit. The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 53 fourteeners, mountains more than above sea level. The mountain rises above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. "Tava" or "sun",

title: Pikes Peak

text: "Highest Peak" in 1806, and the mountain was later commonly known as "Pike's Highest Peak". American explorer Stephen Harriman Long named the mountain "James Peak" in honor of Edwin James who climbed to the summit in 1820. The mountain was later renamed "Pike's Peak" in honor of Pike. The name was simplified to "Pikes Peak" by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1890. Pikes Peak is composed of a characteristic pink granite called Pikes Peak granite. The color is due to a large amount of potassium feldspar. It is thought that the granite was once magma that crystallized

title: Pikes Peak granite

text: Pikes Peak granite The Pikes Peak granite is a 1.08 billion year old widespread geologic formation found in the central part of the Front Range of Colorado. It is a coarse-grained pink to light red syenogranite with minor gray monzogranite, and it has a distinctive brick-red appearance where it outcrops. The granite gets its name from the Pikes Peak, which is made up almost entirely of this rock. The Pikes Peak granite was emplaced in three major intrusive events in the southern Front Range, now exposed in Colorado's Lost Creek Wilderness, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness, and Pikes Peak. It is the

title: Pikes Peak granite

text: M. Pearl 3rd rev. ed. 1993 3. A Brief Summary of the Mineral Deposits of the Pikes Peak Batholith, Colorado. Rocks & Minerals Article September 1, 2001 Pikes Peak granite The Pikes Peak granite is a 1.08 billion year old widespread geologic formation found in the central part of the Front Range of Colorado. It is a coarse-grained pink to light red syenogranite with minor gray monzogranite, and it has a distinctive brick-red appearance where it outcrops. The granite gets its name from the Pikes Peak, which is made up almost entirely of this rock. The Pikes Peak granite was

title: Pikes Peak Derby Dames

text: with a tenth-place finish. Pikes Peak dropped in the rankings in 2016 and did not qualify for Playoffs in that year. The Pikes Peak Derby Dames are active in the community, donating time, money, and event tickets to charities and nonprofit organizations in the Pikes Peak region. Members of Pikes Peak were featured on a 2007 episode of "Trading Spaces". Pikes Peak Derby Dames Pikes Peak Derby Dames is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Founded in 2005, Pike's Peak is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Pikes Peak

title: United States Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory

text: United States Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory The U.S. Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory, or simply the "Pikes Peak Lab", is a modern medical research laboratory for the assessment of the impact of high altitude on human physiological and medical parameters of military interest. It is a satellite facility of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), located in Natick, Massachusetts. The Pikes Peak Lab is at the summit of Pikes Peak in central Colorado, USA. The summit is approximately of relatively flat, rocky terrain and is directly and easily accessible by automobile via the Pikes Peak Highway.

title: Pikes Peak

text: time year-round, and thunderstorms are common in the summer. Surrounding areas have different climatic variations depending on location and elevation. Much of the area near Pikes Peak has a continental semiarid climate, while other areas would be classified as hemiboreal. Pikes Peak Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The ultra-prominent fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit. The summit is higher than any point

title: Pikes Peak Highway

text: $500,000. An earlier road up the mountain, the Pike's Peak Carriage Road, dates back to 1888. Thousands of tourists traveled along the Pikes Peak Carriage Road up to Pikes Peak's summit. It was opened by the Cascade Town Company in 1888 and closed in 1902. It was maintained by Colorado DOT as Colorado State Highway 250 from 1939 until 1947. Today, the road is maintained by the city of Colorado Springs. The highway has been home to an annual automobile and motorcycle race called the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb since 1916. Another race is the Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb

title: Pikes Peak Highway

text: Pikes Peak Highway The Pikes Peak Highway is a toll road that runs from Cascade, Colorado to the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, at an altitude of . It is at least partially open year-round, up to the altitude where snow removal becomes excessively difficult. The rate structure varies depending on time of year and ranges from $10 per adult and $5 per child throughout Winter up to $50 per carload (5 passengers or less) with discounts on additional passengers. The Pikes Peak Highway was constructed in 1915 and financed by Spencer Penrose at a cost of

title: Pikes Peak

text: traveling west across the plains than any actual significant gold find anywhere near Pikes Peak. Major gold deposits were not discovered in the Pikes Peak area until the Cripple Creek Mining District was discovered southwest of Pikes Peak and led, in 1893, to one of the last major gold rushes in the lower 48 states. In July 1860, Clark, Gruber and Company commenced minting gold coins in Denver bearing the phrase "Pike's Peak Gold" and an artist's rendering of the peak (sight unseen) on the obverse. In 1863, the U.S. Treasury purchased the minting equipment for $25,000 (or $ adjusted

title: Pikes Peak

text: is the Ute word that was given by these first people to the mountain that we now call Pikes Peak. The band of Ute people who called the Pikes Peak region their home were the "Tabeguache", meaning the "People of Sun Mountain". The Ute people first arrived in Colorado about 500 A.D., although their traditions state they were created on Pikes Peak. In the 1800s, when the Arapaho people arrived in Colorado, they knew the mountain as ""Heey-otoyoo' "" meaning "Long Mountain". Early Spanish explorers named the mountain ""El Capitán"" meaning "The Leader". American explorer Zebulon Pike named the mountain

title: Pikes Peak Highway

text: the forest floor below. Pursuant to the settlement agreed by the Sierra Club and the City of Colorado Springs, the unpaved portion of the "Pikes Peak Highway" became a hard-surface road, despite concerns that such a project would radically change the nature of the annual automobile and motorcycle race. The paving project was completed on October 1, 2011. Pikes Peak Hillclimb champion Rod Millen warned that paving the road would put an end to the race. However, the race went ahead normally in 2012 and has continued ever since. Pikes Peak Highway The Pikes Peak Highway is a toll road

title: Pikes Peak Community College

text: Courses for military education are held at various dates and times which are different from the traditional semester. As of the Fall 2011 semester Dr. Lance Bolton has been appointed president of Pikes Peak Community College. Joseph Garcia served as President of Pikes Peak Community College from 2001 to 2006, and later became Lieutenant Governor of Colorado in January 2011. Pikes Peak Community College Pikes Peak Community College is a community college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It is the largest institution of higher education in the Pikes Peak region. PPCC offers more than 150 programs in liberal arts

title: Pikes Peak Derby Dames

text: Pikes Peak Derby Dames Pikes Peak Derby Dames is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Founded in 2005, Pike's Peak is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Pikes Peak Derby Dames was founded in the summer of 2005, when Courtney "Slugs-N-Kisses" Mansfield was inspired after reading about the Texas Rollergirls. With guidance from Denver's Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, Pike's Peak began training at Skate City that same year. The league is run by its members, and is a nonprofit organization. Pikes Peaks consists of three home teams that primarily play

title: Pikes Peak granite

text: series of uplifts, known as the Laramide orogeny, that eventually formed the modern Rocky Mountains and raised Pikes Peak to its current height. Pikes Peak, like other portions of Colorado Rockies is still being uplifted today as a part of larger tectonic processes affecting the Western United States. Today, the Pikes Peak Batholith and Granite is exposed over a large part of the central Front Range of Colorado. It is found as far north as the southern slopes of Mount Evans west of Denver, west to South Park, and as far south as Cañon City. The batholith is about 80

title: Pikes Peak granite

text: the world and the Pikes Peak region is famous for its spectacular mineral specimens. Smoky quartz crystals and topaz are found in many places in the Pikes Peak granite. Probably the most famous mineral from the area is amazonite, a bluish form of microcline feldspar that is relatively rare in other parts of the world. Many museum collections have stunning specimens of deep blue amazonite crystals studded with jet-black smoky quartz crystals. 1. Granite Tectonics Of Pikes Peak Composite Batholith Colorado Pegmatite Symposium - 1986 R.M. Hutchinson - Colorado School of Mines 2. Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide Richard

title: Audi Pikes Peak quattro

text: Audi Pikes Peak quattro The Audi Pikes Peak quattro was a sport utility vehicle concept car. It was created by German premium automobile manufacturer, Audi. The Pikes Peak quattro was first introduced at the 2003 North American International Auto Show. It was the first of three concept cars designed by Audi and shown in 2003, ahead of the Nuvolari quattro and the Le Mans quattro. The Pikes Peak quattro was named after the famed hillclimbing course, Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains, which they had taken overall wins and broken records during the 1980s, due to the off-road capability of

text: summit in the summer time by car, cog railway, or trail hiking. US Forest Service rangers of the Pike National Forest have general administrative oversight of the greater area. The Pikes Peak Lab was renamed the USARIEM Maher Memorial Altitude Laboratory in honor of John T. Maher, Ph.D., director of USARIEM's Altitude Research Division from 1981 to 1983. United States Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory The U.S. Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory, or simply the "Pikes Peak Lab", is a modern medical research laboratory for the assessment of the impact of high altitude on human physiological and medical parameters of

title: Pikes Peak Writers Conference

text: Pikes Peak Writers Conference The Pikes Peak Writers Conference started in 1993 and during each April, brings the New York publishing industry to Colorado Springs, Colorado for a weekend packed with workshops, pitch meetings, read & critique sessions and much more. Writer's Digest Magazine voted Pikes Peak Writers Conference one of the top ten writing conferences in the United States. Guest speakers have included Nora Roberts, Stephen Coonts, Diane Mott Davidson, Robert Crais, Jennifer Crusie, Rupert Holmes, David Morrell, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jim Butcher, and many more authors and publishing professionals. Mark your calendars! Pikes Peak Writers is busy planning

title: Pikes Peak Ringers

text: third CD, "Standing Room Only." In January 2009, the Pikes Peak Ringers were selected as the winner of a worldwide collaboration contest with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and will be traveling to Boston, Massachusetts to record with Ma for his new Christmas CD due out this year. Pikes Peak Ringers The Pikes Peak Ringers is a community handbell choir based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group was established in 1991 by its director, Kevin McChesney, to provide an outlet for advanced ringers and to create performances that showcase the instrument of handbells with the highest quality presentation and musicianship. The group

title: Pikes Peak Christian School

text: Pikes Peak Christian School Pikes Peak Christian School (PPCS) is a coeducational private school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. PPCS serves students two years old through the twelfth grade. The school began as a Preschool and Daycare in 1981. The first elementary grade was added in 1985, the first middle school grade in 1989, and high school in 1999. The first senior class graduated in May 2003. PPCS is associated with the Church of Christ and is resident in the Eastside Church of Christ building. PPCS is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that receives no direct financial support

title: Pikes Peak

text: to the current Summit House. The older facility will remain open to the more than 600,000 visitors annually through the end of construction in 2020. At the peak, the partial pressure of oxygen is only about 60% of that at sea level. Water boils at at 14,000 feet, rather than at sea level. A faster rate of respiration is required by humans and animals not regularly at high altitudes. Altitude sickness may develop in those who are sensitive or who over-exert themselves. The summit of Pikes Peak has a polar climate due to its elevation. Snow is a possibility any

title: Pikes Peak Christian School

text: department produces one play in the fall and one in the spring. Matchwits offers academic quizzing competitions in the Black Forest League, and PPCS varsity teams have competed at the 2A state level six times in the last seven years. Pikes Peak Christian School Pikes Peak Christian School (PPCS) is a coeducational private school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. PPCS serves students two years old through the twelfth grade. The school began as a Preschool and Daycare in 1981. The first elementary grade was added in 1985, the first middle school grade in 1989, and high school in

title: Pikes Peak granite

text: geochemically potassic series of plutons compromising most of the Pikes Peak batholith, a batholith formed of two major types of plutons, the potassic Pikes Peak granite and later plutons, plus late stage sodic syenite and granite plutons. Both the batholith and the Pikes Peak granite are A-type, meaning granites that originate in anorogenic, or non mountain building, tectonic settings, with an alkaline geochemistry and arising from more anhydrous magmas. Over the next billion years, the now cooled granite was gradually exposed through erosion of overlying rocks. About 60 million years ago, parts of the Western U.S. were subjected to a

title: Pikes Peak

text: resort from 1939 until 1984. There are several visitor centers on Pikes Peak, some with a gift shop and restaurant. These centers are located at the and markers of the toll road, plus one at the summit itself. There are several ways to ascend the mountain. The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, the world's highest cog railroad, operates from Manitou Springs to the summit, conditions permitting. Road vehicles can be driven to the summit via the Pikes Peak Highway, a road that starts a few miles up Ute Pass at Cascade. The road has a series of switchbacks, treacherous at

title: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

text: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures and has over 156 turns, climbing from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at , on grades averaging 7.2%. It used to consist of both gravel and paved sections, however as of August 2011, the highway is fully paved and as a result all subsequent events will be run on asphalt from start to finish.

title: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

text: can compete under any class, although the majority come from open or large displacement classes. A time in "italics" indicates this was a previous motorcycle record, a time in bold indicates the current motorcycle record. Pikes Peak International Hill Climb The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures and has over 156 turns, climbing from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at , on grades averaging 7.2%. It

title: Audi Pikes Peak quattro

text: DOHC (two per cylinder bank) with 5 valves per cylinder. Engine output is transmitted through a 6-speed tiptronic automatic transmission, complete with steering wheel mounted paddle shifters. quattro permanent four wheel drive system is also standard. Audi Pikes Peak quattro The Audi Pikes Peak quattro was a sport utility vehicle concept car. It was created by German premium automobile manufacturer, Audi. The Pikes Peak quattro was first introduced at the 2003 North American International Auto Show. It was the first of three concept cars designed by Audi and shown in 2003, ahead of the Nuvolari quattro and the Le Mans

title: Pikes Peak Community College

text: Pikes Peak Community College Pikes Peak Community College is a community college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It is the largest institution of higher education in the Pikes Peak region. PPCC offers more than 150 programs in liberal arts and sciences transfer and career technical education. The college's 60+60 Bachelor's Degree Transfer Program guarantees transfer of the PPCC Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degrees to any public institution of higher education in Colorado. Students take two years of study at PPCC, then transfer as a junior to the four-year college or university of their choice. In addition

title: Pikes Peak Library District

text: Maker Faire at Library 21c. Pikes Peak Library District The Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) is a public library system serving El Paso County, Colorado. The library has 1.2 million items available for circulation. Pikes Peak Library District has resources for children, teens, adults, and seniors. Library resources are available in multiple languages, large print, audio, video, and electronic formats. PPLD libraries host events such as storytimes, computer classes, and author visits. The district also has an active teen program which offers many opportunities for teens in Colorado Springs. PPLD also partners with the Colorado Springs Science Center to host

title: Pikes Peak Library District

text: Pikes Peak Library District The Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) is a public library system serving El Paso County, Colorado. The library has 1.2 million items available for circulation. Pikes Peak Library District has resources for children, teens, adults, and seniors. Library resources are available in multiple languages, large print, audio, video, and electronic formats. PPLD libraries host events such as storytimes, computer classes, and author visits. The district also has an active teen program which offers many opportunities for teens in Colorado Springs. PPLD also partners with the Colorado Springs Science Center to host the annual Colorado Springs Mini

title: Pikes Peak International Raceway

text: Pikes Peak International Raceway Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) is a racetrack in a Colorado Springs annexed area of the Fountain, Colorado, postal zone that by October 12, 1997, was "the fastest 1-mile paved oval anywhere". The speedway hosted races in several series including the Indy Racing League and 2 NASCAR series (Busch and Truck) until operations were suspended 2005–08. A wide variety of amateur racing groups use PPIR for racing and training, and many NASCAR teams use PPIR for testing. Racing in the Pikes Peak Region included 19th century horse tracks (e.g., to the west of Colorado Springs' Palmer

title: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

text: Peak International Hill climb consists of seven divisions incorporating twelve classes for both cars and motorcycles. A division for production based two- and four-wheel drive vehicles. Only closed cockpit four-wheeled vehicles are allowed to participate. Established in 2014, the Pikes Peak Challenge Division encompasses a wide variety of class options. Established is 2014, the Pikes Peak Challenge Motorcycle Division encompasses a wide variety of class options. Below follows all currently recognized records. Records set during the most recent running of the event are in bold type. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is an event run by both cars and

title: Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region

text: Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region The Pikes Peak region is renowned for its rare mineral specimens. It is a favorite collecting area for rock hounds and serious collectors alike. Scientists from around the world come to Colorado to study the minerals of this region. Because the granite covers a large portion of the Colorado Front Range, there are good mineral collecting areas scattered all over the Pikes Peak region. The collecting localities range from near Colorado Springs on the south to just west of Denver on the north. The Pikes Peak granite formed in several stages. In the initial

title: Pikes Peak Greenway

text: Pikes Peak Greenway Pikes Peak Greenway is a 16 mile trail in Colorado Springs, Colorado that parallels Monument and Fountain Creeks and winds through and alongside parks, like Monument Valley Park, and sports complexes. It connects with other trails, such as the Midland Trail, Bear Creek Trail and Templeton Gap Trail. The greenway is a 16 mile that runs north to south. Pine Creek Reach, north of Woodman Road, is the north-most point on the trail. Sand Creek Reach at the El Pomar Youth Sports Complex, south of Circle Drive, is the south-most point on the trail. It is classified

title: Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts

text: Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts The Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts (known commonly as Pikes Peak Center) is a concert auditorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It serves as an entertainment, cultural, educational, and assembly center for the citizens of El Paso County, the Pikes Peak region, and the surrounding area. Built by the citizens of El Paso County in 1982 to serve as a regional entertainment and cultural center, the Pikes Peak Center's downtown Colorado Springs location was a piece of the economic rejuvenation action plan for the innercity business quarter. It opened in 1982 with

title: Pikes Peak Writers Conference

text: Celebration and a never-before Sunday-only option for readers and fans of Robert Crais. Conferences were also held from 1993 to 2006. Pikes Peak Writers Conference The Pikes Peak Writers Conference started in 1993 and during each April, brings the New York publishing industry to Colorado Springs, Colorado for a weekend packed with workshops, pitch meetings, read & critique sessions and much more. Writer's Digest Magazine voted Pikes Peak Writers Conference one of the top ten writing conferences in the United States. Guest speakers have included Nora Roberts, Stephen Coonts, Diane Mott Davidson, Robert Crais, Jennifer Crusie, Rupert Holmes, David Morrell,

title: Pikes Peak Derby Dames

text: each other, and two travel teams. The home teams are the Candy Snipers, Danger Dolls, Killer Queens. The Pikes Peak travel teams, the All Stars and the Slamazons, play teams from other leagues. The All Stars are ranked internationally by the WFTDA, and their games factor into their ranking. The Slamazons are the B team, and typically play other B teams in non-sanctioned play. Pikes Peak first competed at the WFTDA Western Regional Tournament in 2007, losing their opening round game to B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls 198-11. At the 2008 Western Regional, Pikes Peak dropped their opening game to Duke

title: Pikes Peak

text: high speed, called "The W's" for their shape on the side of the mountain. The road is maintained by the city of Colorado Springs as a toll road. A project to pave the remainder of the road was completed on October 1, 2011. The project is in response to a suit by the Sierra Club over damage caused by the gravel and sediment that is constantly washed off the road into the alpine environment. The road remained open during construction. The Highway is famous worldwide for the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a motor race. The short film "Climb

title: Pikes Peak Derby Dames

text: City Derby 138-99, and after victories over Houston Roller Derby and Tucson Roller Derby, lost 159-71 to Kansas City Roller Warriors to finish the tournament in sixth place. In 2009, Pikes Peak finished a winless weekend at the Western Regional with a 185-91 loss to Tucson to finish in tenth place. After a five-year absence from WFTDA Playoffs, in 2015 Pikes Peak clawed all the way back from a pre-season ranking of 93 into the 30s, to qualify for Division 1 Playoffs in Jacksonville as the ninth seed. At Jacksonville, losses to Steel City, Detroit and Glasgow left Pikes Peak

title: Pikes Peak Greenway

text: Greenway. Then, private land that was needed to complete the trail was purchased. In 2000 the Greenway trail was connected to the New Santa Fe Regional Trail, which allows joggers, bikers, cyclists and skaters to travel past the United States Air Force Academy and up to Palmer Lake. A golden spike was ceremoniously driven into the ground to signify "the opening of a long-sought stretch of trail." The points along the trail, from north to south, are: Pikes Peak Greenway Pikes Peak Greenway is a 16 mile trail in Colorado Springs, Colorado that parallels Monument and Fountain Creeks and winds

title: Pikes Peak Ringers

text: Pikes Peak Ringers The Pikes Peak Ringers is a community handbell choir based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group was established in 1991 by its director, Kevin McChesney, to provide an outlet for advanced ringers and to create performances that showcase the instrument of handbells with the highest quality presentation and musicianship. The group has performed a variety of styles of music – classical, traditional, pop, jazz, new age, contemporary and original – and has developed a unique and influential style of visual as well as musical presentation. In addition to performances throughout the state of Colorado and the western

title: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

text: The race is self-sanctioned and has taken place since 1916. It is currently contested by a variety of classes of cars, trucks, motorcycles and quads. There are often numerous new classes tried and discarded year-to-year. On average there are 130 competitors. The PPIHC operates as the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Educational Museum to organize the annual motorsports event. The first Pikes Peak Hill Climb was promoted by Spencer Penrose, who had converted the narrow carriage road into the much wider Pikes Peak Highway. The first Penrose Trophy was awarded in 1916 to Rea Lentz with a time of 20:55.60.

title: Pikes Peak Ringers

text: United States, the Pikes Peak Ringers have been the featured group at several national handbell choir events, have been involved with publishers in providing promotional recordings of new releases, and have recorded five studio CDs and produced two performance DVDs. In 2004 the Pikes Peak Ringers made history as a handbell choir, performing the first and only classical concerto composed specifically for handbell choir and orchestra. The concerto, "Ring of Fire," was composed by director Kevin McChesney and performed with the Fort Collins Symphony in Fort Collins, Colorado. A recording of the complete concerto can be found on the group's

title: Battle for Pikes Peak

text: reached then the trophy is retained by the previous winner. In the 2016/17 season both schools faced off again for only one game in the regular season. Battle for Pikes Peak The Battle for Pikes Peak is a college ice hockey rivalry series that is played between the Colorado College Tigers and the Air Force Academy Falcons. The two schools have played each other since the Air Force Academy introduced ice hockey to its sporting schedule in the 1968–69 season. Colorado College started its hockey program thirty years before in 1938 and had been the lone top tier college hockey

title: Pikes Peak Marathon

text: Pikes Peak, a race, in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the discovery of America's most famous mountain by Zebulon Montgomery Pike. He enlisted 58-year-old real-estate salesman and holistic-lifestyle practitioner Rudy Fahl as the race director. The 56-year-old Suominen, a Finnish former marathon champion and outspoken critic of tobacco, wanted to prove that smoking diminished one's physical endurance. Of the 13 runners that accepted the challenge, only three were smokers. Lou Wille, champion of two Pikes Peak races in the late 1930s and a two-pack-a-day smoker, was likely to be the biggest threat to Suominen's hypothesis. . . . Although

title: Battle for Pikes Peak

text: Battle for Pikes Peak The Battle for Pikes Peak is a college ice hockey rivalry series that is played between the Colorado College Tigers and the Air Force Academy Falcons. The two schools have played each other since the Air Force Academy introduced ice hockey to its sporting schedule in the 1968–69 season. Colorado College started its hockey program thirty years before in 1938 and had been the lone top tier college hockey team till the University of Denver added ice hockey in 1949. The rivalry between Colorado College and the University of Denver, commonly called the Battle for the

title: Pikes Peak International Raceway

text: House along Fountain Creek by 1882 and to the north by 1903, the "Roswell Racing Park"), and the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb started in 1916 on the 1915 Pikes Peak Highway. In 1938, a track was north of the Alexander Aircraft factory and another was to the factory's southeast at the south end of the Nichols Field taxiway. On the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Occan Highway west of the city was the end of the 1951 Colorado sports car rally (terminus at the Crystola Inn), a 1953 dirt dragstrip "some four miles east of Colorado Springs" was used for "the

title: Pikes Peak

text: as present-day Denver, then turned south and passed close to what James called "Pike's highest peak". James and two other men left the expedition, camped on the plains, and climbed the peak in two days, encountering little difficulty. Along the way, James was the first to describe the blue columbine, Colorado's state flower. Gold was discovered in the area of present-day Denver in 1858, and newspapers referred to the gold-mining area as "Pike's Peak". "Pike's Peak or Bust" became the slogan of the Colorado Gold Rush (see also Fifty-Niner). This was more due to Pikes Peak's visibility to gold seekers

title: Pikes Peak

text: Dance" features Ari Vatanen racing his Peugeot automobile up the steep, twisty slopes. It also hosts the Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb (formerly Assault on the Peak), a cycling hillclimb race first held in 2010, and the USA Cycling Hill Climb National Championships, a race first held in 2016. The most popular hiking route to the top is called Barr Trail, which approaches the summit from the east. The trailhead is just past the cog railway depot in Manitou Springs. Visitors can walk, hike, or bike the trail. Although the Barr Trail is rated only Class 1 it is a

title: Pikes Peak International Raceway

text: PPIR also hosts regional club road course races such as the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) and SCCA as well as local enthusiast events such as track days, drifting events, and car shows. Pikes Peak International Raceway Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) is a racetrack in a Colorado Springs annexed area of the Fountain, Colorado, postal zone that by October 12, 1997, was "the fastest 1-mile paved oval anywhere". The speedway hosted races in several series including the Indy Racing League and 2 NASCAR series (Busch and Truck) until operations were suspended 2005–08. A wide variety of amateur racing groups

title: Pikes Peak

text: Pikes Peak were the Spanish in the 1700s. The first American sighting is often credited to members of the Pike expedition, led by Zebulon Pike. After a failed attempt to climb to the top in November 1806, Pike wrote in his journal: The first European-American to climb the peak came 14 years after Pike, in the summer of 1820. Edwin James, a young student who had just graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont, signed on as the relief botanist for Stephen Harriman Long's expedition after the first botanist had died. The expedition explored the South Platte River up as far

title: Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region

text: Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (commonly abbreviated as HSPPR) is a nonprofit corporation in both Colorado Springs, Colorado and Pueblo, Colorado. Incorporated in 1949, HSPPR rescues stray or forsaken pets and facilitates adoption. A variety of fundraising events throughout the fiscal year keep them financially viable. In the fall, HSPPR hosts the Pawtoberfest 5K/beer festival at Bear Creek Regional Park. During the winter, they hold a 12 Strays of Christmas adoption drive in partnership with Daniels Long Chevrolet. The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region is a Better Business

title: Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region

text: Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR) is a certified nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado and serving El Paso and Teller counties. In February 2014, Andy Vick replaced Christina McGrath as COPPeR's executive director. COPPeR receives funding from the city of Colorado Springs and from various grants. It acts as an umbrella artistic service, "the lead entity for centralizing and coordinating information about cultural services in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado." COPPeR conceptualizes itself as an adhesive that unifies the greater arts community to make arts

title: Pikes Peak Writers Conference

text: place on April 22-25, 2010 at the Marriott Colorado Springs. The keynote speakers included Donald Maass, Kelley Armstrong, Jodi Thomas and Tim Dorsey. Eleven agents and editors attended. The 2009 Pikes Peak Writers Conference took place on April 23-26, 2009 at the Marriott Colorado Springs. The keynote speakers included Jeffery Deaver, James N. Frey, Laura Resnick and Barbara Samuel. Eleven agents and editors attended. The 2008 Pikes Peak Writers Conference was held April 25–27 2008 at the Marriott Colorado Springs. Featured speakers included Geffen Award winner Carol Berg, NYT Best Selling author Vicki Lewis Thompson, Edgar Award winner David Liss,

title: Pikes Peak Writers Conference

text: Conference "Celebrating 20 years of Success" occurred on April 19-22, 2012 at the Marriott Colorado Springs. Featured speakers included Robert Crais, Donald Maass, Jeffery Deaver, and Susan Wiggs. Eleven agents and editors took appointments and gave critiques. Celebratory events included a special booksigning, an awards gala banquet and special gifts for attendees. The 2011 Pikes Peak Writers Conference took place on April 29-May 1, 2011 at the Marriott Colorado Springs. The theme was "Blaze the Write Trail" with featured speakers John Hart, Linda Lael Miller, and Beth Kendrick. Ten agents and editors attended. The 2010 Pikes Peak Writers Conference took

title: Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo

text: was working as a nightwatchman at the rodeo. Watson's article on Maynard, published in 1924, brought national attention to both men. Official web site Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo is a rodeo that takes place in Colorado Springs, Colorado every July. It was sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) for many years, however, from 2014-17, it became unsanctioned. As of 2018, it is once again sanctioned by the PRCA. The rodeo dates back to 1937. In 2008, it was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1923, the

title: Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo

text: Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo is a rodeo that takes place in Colorado Springs, Colorado every July. It was sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) for many years, however, from 2014-17, it became unsanctioned. As of 2018, it is once again sanctioned by the PRCA. The rodeo dates back to 1937. In 2008, it was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1923, the journalist and university professor Elmo Scott Watson, former staff writer for "Colorado Springs Gazette and Telegraph", met the old-time cowboy Frank H. Maynard, who

title: Pikes Peak Community College

text: to transfer programs, the college offers a broad range of degrees and certificates in Allied Health, High Tech, Business, and Career Tech areas. Pikes Peak Community College has three full-service campuses, three military satellite locations, and an extensive distance education program. The largest campus, the Centennial Campus, is located in southern Colorado Springs near the Fort Carson Army post. The Downtown Studio Campus is located in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs, the Rampart Range Campus is located at the north end of the city. While students may study General Education (CORE) courses at all four campuses, certain programs are

title: Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region

text: is accessible from Highway 285 from the town Harris Park which is about southwest of Denver. The Rosalie Lobe contains the same minerals that are found in the intrusive centers further to the south, most notably smoky quartz, amazonite and topaz. Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region The Pikes Peak region is renowned for its rare mineral specimens. It is a favorite collecting area for rock hounds and serious collectors alike. Scientists from around the world come to Colorado to study the minerals of this region. Because the granite covers a large portion of the Colorado Front Range, there are

title: Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region

text: from Manitou Springs and by several trails from the southeast and east. Currently much of the park is a private home development. The collecting area ranges from the Northern slopes of Camerons Cone to Specimen Rock on the south. Much of this area is National Forest. Like all the other Pikes Peak collecting areas, Crystal Park contains the usual smoky quartz and amazonite crystals. In addition, topaz is more abundant here than in the Gold Camp road area. Pikes Peak is itself, an intrusive center and smoky quartz and amazonite can be found in many areas within four miles (6

text: The stage's maximum load is 160 pounds per square foot (780 kg/m). Directly behind the stage are six individual dressing rooms, each with its own make up station, toilet, sink and shower. The basement level contains two choir dressing rooms. Dressing room "A", with , is equipped with 24 makeup stations, and dressing room "B", with , is equipped with 31 makeup stations. Both rooms contain showers, sinks, and toilets. The greenroom is located between the choir dressing rooms and the northern staircase, and is . Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts The Pikes Peak Center for the Performing

title: Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region

text: Bureau-accredited charity, meeting the 20 standards of Charity Accountability. In fact, it is rated 100/100 for Transparency & Accountability by Charity Navigator, with an overall rating of 4/4 stars. In terms of animal care certification, HSPPR has also been accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association. Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (commonly abbreviated as HSPPR) is a nonprofit corporation in both Colorado Springs, Colorado and Pueblo, Colorado. Incorporated in 1949, HSPPR rescues stray or forsaken pets and facilitates adoption. A variety of fundraising events throughout the fiscal year keep them

title: Pikes Peak

text: for inflation) to open the Denver Mint. Julia Archibald Holmes and James Holmes traveled to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado in 1858, and reached the summit on August 5, with J. D. Miller and George Peck, making Archibald Holmes the first European-American woman to climb Pikes Peak. From the summit, she wrote in a letter to her mother: "Nearly everyone tried to discourage me from attempting it, but I believed that I should succeed; and now here I am, and I feel that I would not have missed this glorious sight for anything at all." Thirty-five years later, in July

title: Pikes Peak

text: at least beneath the Earth's surface, formed by an igneous intrusion during the Precambrian, approximately 1.05 billion years ago, during the Grenville orogeny. Through the process of uplifting, the hardened rock pushed through the Earth's crust and created a dome-like mountain, covered with less resistant rock. Years of erosion and weathering removed the soil and rock leaving the exposed mountain. Soils on Pikes Peak are classified as Cirque Land above timberline (approximately 12,000 feet or 3,657 m); forests at lower altitudes are mostly supported by brown stony sandy loam of the Catamount or Ivywild series. The first Europeans to discover

title: Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway

text: Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway was an early coast-to-coast highway in the United States. Begun early in 1912 the route went from New York City to Los Angeles. It was in direct competition with the Lincoln Highway and the National Old Trails Road. It route markers were marked PP-OO. It started as a boosterism campaign in Colorado Springs, and depended upon cities and towns along the route to participate with monetary contributions and road improvements. It was formalized March 18, 1914, at a meeting in St. Joseph, Missouri, with state and federal highway

title: Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway

title: Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company

text: Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company The Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company was a stagecoach line that operated in the American West in the early 1860s, but it is most well known as the parent company of the Pony Express. It was formed as a subsidiary of the freighting company Russell, Majors, and Waddell, after the latter two partners bought out Russell's stage line, the Leavenworth and Pikes Peak Express Company. The stage line had made its first journey from Westport, Missouri, to Denver on March 9, 1859. Its stage lines ran from St. Joseph,

text: arts in education, publicity, marketing, tourism, and regional branding. COPPeR provides a forum for artists and arts organizations to band together in advocating for the arts. Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR) is a certified nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado and serving El Paso and Teller counties. In February 2014, Andy Vick replaced Christina McGrath as COPPeR's executive director. COPPeR receives funding from the city of Colorado Springs and from various grants. It acts as an umbrella artistic service, "the lead entity for centralizing and coordinating

title: Pikes Peak granite

text: the magma. As a result, in many places the granite is very coarse grained, made up almost entirely of large crystals of feldspar, typically about a centimeter across. This makes the granite easily weathered and very crumbly. Almost every hill and slope in the Pikes Peak region is covered with thick blankets of loose gravel (scree) made up of marble-sized grains of feldspar. In some places, the cooling process lasted long enough to form pegmatites that contain large, pure crystals of various minerals. The chemistry of the cooling magma produced a complex and unique mineralogy that attracts collectors from around

title: Pikes Peak Greenway

text: as an easy trail that parallels Monument Creek, Fountain Creek and I-25. The estimated cycling time is 1.25 hours, without stops. Criterium Bike shop is located along the trail at 6150 Corporate Drive for any needed bike repairs. In the 1980s the concept of a greenway was developed, but it wasn't until 1997 that a Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (GOCO) Legacy Grant was able to provide sufficient funds to get the project started. Trails, Open Space and Parks taxes matched the grant funds. The Palmer Foundation and the City of Colorado Springs also provided funding for the Pikes Peak

title: Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region

text: km) of the summit. For example, amazonite can be found next to Barr Trail, the main hiking route to the summit of Pikes Peak. The most famous collecting area on the Peak is Glenn Cove, a glacial cirque located at on the north side of the mountain. Quartz crystals, amazonite and topaz crystals can be found in pockets on steep cliffs in this area. Crystal Peak is located about west of Colorado Springs on Highway 24. It is north of the highway and between Florissant and Lake George. Crystal Peak itself is a distinctive, conical knoll about due north of

title: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

text: twisty nature of the Pikes Peak course lends itself well to the almost instant torque delivery of electric motors. In addition to this, the lowering air density of high altitudes does not reduce the power available to the driver as it does with air breathing engines. Although the 2014 event was won by a gasoline powered car; second (Greg Tracy), third (Hiroshi Masuoka) and fourth (Nobuhiro Tajima) places overall were taken by electric cars. In 2015, electric cars placed first (Rhys Millen) and second (Nobuhiro Tajima) overall. In an interview with Rhys Millen, he said that he had lost power

text: cultural plan in for the Pikes Peak region. In 2007, a study by the Colorado Council on the Arts placed creative industries as the fifth largest sector of the Colorado state budget. In 2009, the Council had to cut a fourth of the state arts budget, and arts organizations in El Paso and Teller counties received $90,400 instead of the $183,490 they had gotten in 2008. The local convention and visitor bureau began to concentrate more on culture in the Pikes Peak region. When the Colorado Tourism Office awarded the local tourism office with a grant of $15,000, the local

text: index of resources and assets to be compared with the resources and assets of other similarly-sized cities. AFTA plans to compile all this data to make comparisons across cities and determine how arts programs and budgets can be improved. COPPeR has also surveyed attendees at various arts events as part of an AFTA-based study of the economic impact of arts events on their surrounding community. In addition to partnering with AFTA, COPPeR also works with various programs in the city of Colorado Springs, including the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project, and the Quality of

title: Pikes Peak Marathon

text: his passing on August 23, 1999 only 1 day after the race was held that year. The Pikes Peak Ascent race has twice incorporated the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge competition, first in 2006 then again in 2010. The following table shows the official winners of the marathon. Course records are highlighted with green background. The race was lengthened by 1.1 miles in 1976, so that 7–8 minutes must be added to the pre-1976 times for comparison purposes. The most successful male and female athletes in the history of the marathon are Matt Carpenter, outright record holder and winner

title: Pikes Peak Marathon

text: 1958. In 1959, Arlene Pieper became the first woman to officially finish a marathon in the United States when she finished the Pikes Peak Marathon. Her daughter Kathy aged 9 became the youngest competitor at that time to finish the race to the summit; however, she did not finish the whole marathon. In 1966 a well-organized marathon was initiated, making the race the third-oldest marathon in the United States. In 1980 a good friend Rudy Faul and fellow runner Carl McDaniel took over as Race Director, he served as Director until 1998 and was named Director emeritus in 1999 until

title: Pikes Peak Marathon

text: he had beaten Suominen to the summit, Wille was disqualified for not finishing the race. In fact none of the smokers completed the round trip. "I think I've proven my point," Suominen said afterwards. "I finished the race and none of the smokers did." . . . It was widely rumored that Jecker's motivation came from an American Tobacco Association offer to reward a victorious smoker with a tidy sum of $20,000. The Pikes Peak Marathon was the first American marathon to allow female competitors, allowing them from the beginning of the marathon in 1956, although no woman entered until

title: Battle for Pikes Peak

text: Collegiate Hockey Association and National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Both play a home-and-home series on weekends, where both teams play on each other's home ice on back-to-back nights. The home ice for the Colorado College Tigers is the Broadmoor World Arena (which is a larger Olympic-size rink), while the home ice for the Air Force Falcons is Cadet Ice Arena (which is a smaller NHL-size rink). The difference in rink size is again, similar to that of the rivalry between CC and DU. The setup is that the winner of the series wins the Pikes Peak Trophy. If a tie is

title: Pikes Peak International Raceway

text: first statewide drag race", and a stock car track was along Powers Road in the early 1960s. The "last local track" for auto racing east of the city through the late 1970s was the Colorado Springs International Speedway which "had crowds in the 3,000-4,000 range on summer weekends". The Platte Avenue go-kart track closed , the greyhound track closed and is now an off track betting facility, and the Olympic velodrome in Memorial Park is a remaining racing venue within the city. Pikes Peak Meadows was a dirt horse racing track facility opened in 1964 south of Colorado Springs and

title: Pikes Peak Writers Conference

text: Conference will take place April 19-21, 2013 and this year's theme is "Writing from the Ashes: Never Lose Sight of Your Dreams." Featured speakers include Libba Bray, Barry Eisler, Amber Benson, and David Liss. In addition, PPWC will have ten editors and agents including Michael Braff (Del Rey Books), Melissa Miller (Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins), Pat VanWie (Bell Bridge Books), Deb Werksman (Sourcebooks), Hannah Bowman (Liza Dawson Associates), Sorche Fairbank (Fairbank Literary Representation), Barry Goldblatt (Barry Goldblatt Literary), Nicole Resciniti (The Seymour Agency), Kate Testerman (kt literary), and Pam van Hylckama Vlieg (Larsen Pomada Literary Agents). The 2012 Pikes Peak Writers

title: Pikes Peak Writers Conference

text: a dynamite conference for April 23-26, 2015. Our theme is Choose Your Writing Adventure. We are excited to announce our confirmed keynotes: Mary Kay Andrews, Andrew Gross, Seanan McGuire, and R. L. Stine Check out the website at www.pikespeakwriters.com Pikes Peak Writers held a dynamite conference from April 24-27, 2014. The theme was Write Here, Write Now! Make it Happen! Faculty members included: Agatha, Anthony, Macavity and Emmy winning author Hank Phillippi Ryan, New York Times Bestselling Author Gail Carriger, Campbell Award Nominee & Emmy Award Writer Chuck Wendig and Hugo Award Winning Fantasy Writer Jim C. Hines. The 2013

title: Audi Pikes Peak quattro

text: a vehicle. Ultimately, Audi decided against a production version. An issue with the Spyder concept was its incompatibility with an existing platform. This issue was addressed when the Audi TT concept was unveiled a few years later at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor show. It shared a platform with the Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3, making it less expensive to manufacture. Other vehicles, such as the Volkswagen Touareg/Porsche Cayenne SUVs jointly developed by Volkswagen and Porsche, evidenced a closer partnership between different Volkswagen Group manufacturers, of which Audi is a member. The Audi Pikes Peak was developed in a short five-month

title: Audi Pikes Peak quattro

text: further complement the vehicle’s off-road capability, there are several cameras mounted to the exterior of the car in order to give the driver an increased spatial awareness. One camera is mounted on top of the windshield to monitor the edges of the car’s track, aiding the driver in correcting the vehicle’s position, if it were to veer off-course. Another is mounted ahead of the right-front tire to minimize the risk of running over a curb. The Pikes Peak quattro uses a twin-turbocharged 4.2 L Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI) V8 engine. This develops and of torque from 2000 rpm, and features

title: Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region

text: abundance of fluorine minerals such as fluorite and more rare minerals such as cryolite, bastnäsite and tysonite. Several localities contain the rare amphibole riebeckite and the even more rare mineral astrophyllite. Finally, there are several locations where large and colorful crystals of zircon can be found. To the north is Crystal Park. Crystal Park is situated on the eastern slope of Camerons Cone, a conical peak southeast of the summit of Pikes Peak. Just to the east of Camerons Cone, the mountains form a protected, bowl-shaped valley called Crystal Park. It can be reached by a well maintained automobile road

title: Phantom Canyon (Pikes Peak Area)

text: by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Information on camping in the canyon's undeveloped campsites and other recreational activities is available from the BLM Field Office in Cañon City Phantom Canyon (Pikes Peak Area) Phantom Canyon is a canyon in Colorado, in the Western United States. The canyon is formed by Eight Mile Creek. The Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad developed it as a route to take gold and supplies in and out of the Cripple Creek and Victor gold mining district. Phantom Canyon Road, a portion of the Gold Belt Byway that runs through the canyon, is an unpaved

title: Phantom Canyon (Pikes Peak Area)

text: Phantom Canyon (Pikes Peak Area) Phantom Canyon is a canyon in Colorado, in the Western United States. The canyon is formed by Eight Mile Creek. The Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad developed it as a route to take gold and supplies in and out of the Cripple Creek and Victor gold mining district. Phantom Canyon Road, a portion of the Gold Belt Byway that runs through the canyon, is an unpaved road connecting Cañon City and Victor. The road is popularly used for mountain biking and off-roading. Since 1996, Phantom Canyon has been designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern

title: Pikes Peak Writers Conference

text: and Comic writers/artists Walter Simonson and Louise Simonson. The 2007 Pikes Peak Writers Conference was held April 20–22, 2007 at the Marriott Colorado Springs on Tech Center Drive. (Formerly known as the Wyndham Hotel.) Featured speakers included Jim Butcher, author of the Dresden Files series, Robert Crais, author of the Elvis Cole books, Mary Jo Putney, USAToday bestselling author of romance and fantasy and Dr. Eric Maisel, renown creativity coach. The conference celebrated its 15th year with several special events including a Thursday night booksigning, an additional track of workshops on Friday, a Saturday night Awards Banquet and 15th Anniversary

title: Audi Pikes Peak quattro

text: the Audi Quattro and the Audi Sport Quattro. The Pikes Peak quattro design was subsequently developed into the production Audi Q7. In the early 1990s, Audi developed a concept car known as the Audi Quattro Spyder. A clear throwback to the successful rally road car of the early 1980s, which was simply called the Audi Quattro, this new concept proved to be a success when first shown at the 1991 Frankfurt Motor Show. Enthusiasts began to call for a production version, provoking Audi engineers and accountants into discussion of whether or not there was a viable business case for such

title: Pikes Peak International Raceway

text: group, Commerce City Citizens and Business Alliance, endorsed anti-raceway candidates which won local elections, and in May 1997 "ISC executive Wesley Harris said the 1,300-acre parcel the company was considering near Denver International Airport was not compatible with its needs". ISC sold PPIR in November 2006 (the purchase closed in the first quarter of 2007), and PPIR operations resumed in 2008. On December 6, 2012, USAC announced that PPIR would be on the 2013 USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series schedule. Pikes Peak International Raceway would host the richest event in SRL Southwest Tour history as announced on April 23, 2013.

title: Pikes Peak International Raceway

text: of first refusal should PPIR owners decide to sell their 1,200-acre complex" and in October 2005 for $11 million, "bought out the owners of Pikes Peak International Raceway" (racing operations were suspended and the scoreboard was moved to Texas Motor Speedway.) In 2006, meetings "between attorneys representing [Commerce City, near Denver] and International Speedway Corporation" were conducted before ISC "announced in February [1997] that it was eyeing land in Commerce City as well as eastern Aurora for the track. It envision[ed] a $360 million to $400 million track and stadium that could hold 75,000 to 80,000 fans." A new opposition

title: Pikes Peak International Raceway

text: north of Pueblo, Colorado, with a large, blue, covered grandstand on the west. The facility was annexed by the City of Colorado Springs and after its horse racing ended in 1993, the city "approved the speedway in January 1996". C. C. Myers "announced plans in May 1996 to build a major auto racing facility" at Pikes Peak Meadows. In 1997, "Apollo Real Estate Advisors LP formed a joint venture January 30 with Raceway Associates, a partnership headed by California contractor and developer C.C. Myers Inc, to own and run the 1,300-acre" speedway complex. The asphalt track was constructed below the