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Pikes Peak from the north, near Woodland Park. The aspen trees have just begun to turn.
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The soft stone found in Palmer Park has been carved over the centuries into formations nicknamed hoodoos. Palmer Park was named for Gen. William Jackson Palmer, who gave the land to the city he founded in 1871.
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At 14,115 feet, Pikes Peak looms over Garden of the Gods, a city park on the west edge of Colorado Springs.
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This mining headframe, which stood over a mineshaft, is in an open-air museum between the historic mining towns of Cripple Creek and Victor.
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Spring snow dusts the shoulders of the Collegiate Peaks in central Colorado, as seen from the summit of Cottonwood Pass.
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The sun rises on sedimentary rock formations in Palmer Park, an open space named for Gen. William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs.
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Garden of the Gods is a rock formation that attracts tourists and rock climber from around the world. The garden encompasses hiking trails, an interpretive center and other leisure possibilities.
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The sun hits Gray Rock and South Gateway Rock in Garden of the Gods, on the west edge of Colorado Springs.
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The foothills of Pikes Peak can be seen from Garden of the Gods park; the formation on the right is the Siamese Twins, columns of rock joined in two places.
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Pikes Peak as seen from Garden of the Gods; the formation on the left is Siamese Twins, two columns of rock joined in two places.
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Cottonwood Pass cuts through the Collegiate Peaks near Buena Vista. The lighter blue needles are new growth on the blue spruces, Colorado's state tree.
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This male and female spend spring and summer at Ute Valley Park, a protected open space in west Colorado Springs.
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The Kissing Camels (top center) is one of the many interesting formations at the Garden of the Gods park.
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The wind at 14,000 feet is powerful enough to deform these trees in the Collegiate Peaks of central Colorado.
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Pikes Peak can be seen from the gap in the Siamese Twins formation in Garden of the Gods park. The formation is two columns of rock, joined in two places.
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Bennett Avenue is the main street of the former mining town of Cripple Creek in central Colorado. The legalization of gambling has revitalized the small town.
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This breath-taking view of Pikes Peak and South Gateway Rock awaits visitors to the Garden of the Gods, a city park on the west edge of Colorado Springs.
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The jet appears to be headed for a snow-covered Pikes Peak, as seen from Garden of the Gods park.
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A spring snowstorm moves in on Pikes Peak, as seen from Ridge Loop Trail at Garden of the Gods.
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Early winter in the Collegiate Peaks, west of Buena Vista in central Colorado.
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Hikers in Palmer Park, an open space named for Colorado Springs' founder, look at Pikes Peak.
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The Siamese Twins formation at Garden of the Gods, as seen from the south.
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Looking west toward the pond just below the summit of Cottonwood Pass in the Collegiate Peaks. The road itself snakes from center right to lower left.
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An abandoned quarry is the centerpiece of Red Rock Canyon, one of Colorado Springs' newest open spaces.
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Sunrise on the Gateway Rocks of Garden of the Gods, from a popular overlook. Cheyenne Mountain and southwest Colorado Springs can be seen in the background.
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A light snowstorm hits Garden of the Gods, a city park on the west edge of Colorado Springs.
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Woodland Park Country Lodge
Nestled at the base of Pikes Peak and just minutes from Colorado Springs!
