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Garden of the God
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'Pikes Peak or bust!' The rallying cry of the Colorado gold rush put Pikes Peak
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on the map in 1859, and the
capitán
of Colorado Springs continues to lure ad-
venturers with its cog railway, highway to the summit and even a lung-crushing marathon.
The easternmost 14er in Colorado, it's the de facto symbol of the southern Rockies. Drive
it, hike it or admire it from beneath the exquisitely thin red-rock spires of the Garden of the
Gods (
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)
.
