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DATA GEEK: The case for Colorado's benefit from health reform...from your own site. I'm Perry Swanson, The Gazette's data journalist. My job entails acquiring data that say something about the Pikes Peak region, analyzing it, and writing about it here. This blog is updated at least once every weekday. In this article: Colorado, Small business, Medicare, Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services, and Pikes Peak |
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Colorado Springs Gazette | 3 days ago
Springs center brings community to Native Americans
Springs center brings community to Native Americans Developing a sense of community among the dozens of Native Americans in the Pikes Peak region has long been a challenge because there was never an organization to connect them.
In this article: Fort Carson
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Colorado Springs Gazette | 3 days ago
DATA GEEK: Homes with cell phones nearly double
...other measurements of well-being, such as housing conditions and possession of cell phones. Unfortunately, no data are available for the Pikes Peak region. Many of the trends nationwide are likely playing out here, though. All the data are...
In this article: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S.
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Colorado Springs Gazette | 3 days ago
ARTS BLOG: Flatley proves why he's lord of the dance
...any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. All about the arts of the Pikes Peak region Gazette arts and culture editor, arts reporter/critic Tracy Mobley-Martinez,...
In this article: Michael Flatley, God, Steroid, Michael Phelps, Lance Armstrong, and Dances with Wolves
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Cnet | 5 days ago
Driverless Audi TTS considered for Pikes Peak run
...TTS shows the technology has progressed so that it can handle drifting and cross-turning the wheels, maneuvers necessary for any speedy run up Pike's Peak. While this technology could lead to commutes and long freeway trips where you could...
In this article: Volkswagen, Stanford University, Passat, Electronics Research Laboratory, Sun Microsystem, and Darpa
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Operation 6035 backers plan to hire executive as part of job creation efforts
...this story and discover new Web pages. A community-wide economic development study designed to lay the groundwork for more jobs in the Pikes Peak region already has resulted in at least one new position. Supporters of the Operation 6035...
In this article: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Austin, Colorado Springs, and Texas
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BOOK GROUPIE: Obmascik an inspiration to go climb some Fourteeners
BOOK GROUPIE: Obmascik an inspiration to go climb some Fourteeners If you've ever had the feeling Pikes Peak is taunting you, you are not alone. Pikes Peak is one of 54 peaks classified by the Colorado Mountain Club as Fourteeners. Each of...
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A guide to holiday giving in the Pikes Peak region
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where you can share this story and discover new Web pages. A guide to holiday giving in the Pikes Peak region • Springs Rescue Mission is accepting nonperishable food and warm winter coats from...
In this article: Potato, Ice cream cone, Cranberry sauce, Peanut butter, Salvation Army, and Sam's Club
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New York Times | November 05, 2009
Audi TTS Takes on Pikes Peak ... Without at Driver
Audi TTS Takes on Pikes Peak … Without at Driver A robotic Audi TTS built by a research group from Stanford on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The 12.4-mile Pikes Peak International Hill Climb up winding mountain roads near Colorado Springs,...
In this article: Stanford University, Volkswagen, Audi, VW, Passat, and Electronics Research Laboratory
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Gizmodo | November 02, 2009
Fully Autonomous Audi TTS to Race at Mad Pikes Peak Rally Circuit [Cars]
Forget the Darpa's urban challenge. This fully automated Audi TTS-equipped with GPS, sensors, and guidance systems-is set to race on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a crazy 19.99-kilometer rally race circuit with 156 turns. The...
In this article: Audi, Space Shuttle, and Darpa
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Popular Science | November 02, 2009
Autonomous Audi TTS Will Ascend Pike's Peak Course at High-Speed, Sans Driver
...but that's the goal a team of Stanford graduate students has set for itself, outfitting an Audi TTS named "Shelly" to navigate the Pikes Peak race course wit no one behind the wheel. Named for French driver Michele Mouton, the first...
In this article: Stanford, Audi, and Volkswagen
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Pikes Peak (originally Pike's Peak, see below) is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, 10 mi west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County. It is named for Zebulon Pike, an explorer who led an expedition to the southern Colorado area in 1806. At 14115 ft, it is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners. Drivers race up the mountain in a famous annual race called the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The peak is also the annual site of the Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent foot races on the Barr Trail. An upper portion of Pikes Peak is a federally designated National Historic Landmark. ==Geography and geology==
Much of the fame of Pikes Peak is due to its location along the eastern edge of the Rockies. Pikes Peak is the easternmost fourteen thousand foot peak in the United States. Unlike most other similarly tall mountains in Colorado, it serves as a visible landmark for many miles to the east, far into the Great Plains of Colorado. As one drives south on Interstate 25 towards the city of Colorado Springs, it comes into view from a distance of more than 130 mi. On a clear day, the peak can be seen from Denver (over 60 mi north), and from locations near the Kansas border to the east.
Pikes Peak is made of a characteristic pink granite, called Pikes Peak granite. The pink color is due to a large amount of potassium feldspar. The granite was formed by an igneous intrusion in the Pre-Cambrian, approximately 1.05 billion years ago, during the Grenville orogeny.
- Name:
- Pikes Peak
- Type:
- granite
- Elevation:
- 14115 ft
- Part of:
- Front Range
- Prominence:
- 5510 ft
- Easiest Route:
- cog railroad or drive
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