Shortgrass
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The grand kids from Kansas posed the question.
So we went to the top of America's mountain
Kathrine Lee Bates penned Americ the Beautiful after a trip to the
top of Pikes Peak. Daughter and her 4 kiddos
The Cog Train leaving the top (we drove a car)
The bottom of the Bottomless Pit
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains
These pictures are taken in the Alpine Environmental zone
The road winding its way up. Racers reach speed over 100 mph during the Hill Climb race
a snow bank
a hairpin turn
Reaching the Sub Alpine Zone at the tree line (timberline is 11,500 to 12,000 ft in Colorado)
Glencove
Snow eaters
Grandma with a couple of pals and a couple of snow eaters
Heart grabber
The top from Crystal Lake. We are now in the Montane Zone
They are in the "Twilight Zone"
Ute Pass in the Foothills Zone