Pikes Peak Climbing/Hiking Map Information (a Colorado Fourteener): including Photos, Videos & Reviews
Small Pocket Maps - Big Outdoor Adventures (Pocket Pals Trail Maps)
Pikes Peak, or "America's Mountain", is located in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains within the Pike National Forest.
It is located just 10 miles west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County, Colorado. Pikes Peak is the easternmost fourteen thousand foot peak in the United States.
Originally called "El Capitán" by Spanish settlers, the mountain was renamed Pike's Peak after Zebulon Pike, Jr., an explorer who led an expedition to the southern Colorado area in 1806.
At 14,110 feet, it is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners, mountains that rise more than 14,000 feet above mean sea level, and rises 8,400 feet above the city of Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark.
The POCKET PALS hiking/climbing/backcountry skiing map for Pikes Peak includes 5 trailheads and 5 routes: East Slopes (Barr Trail), Northwest Slopes (753), Heizer & Trail 638 Approach, Lake Moraine Approach, and Elk Park Approach.
