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The pikes peak hill climb race is in june.
First one might be OK, the second one might get you on the registered sex offender list.
My thoughts exactly.
I highly recommend driving Phantom Canyon Road. The OSU Geology Field Camp is in Canon City and one street East of Phantom Canyon Road. I spent 5 weeks there and loved it. That will take you from Canon City up through Victor and Cripple Creek and then to the backside of Pike's Peak near Florissant and Woodland Park. Victor and Cripple Creek are cool gold mining towns. You should take the Cripple Creek mining tour that takes you several hundred feet down into a gold mine. They show you how it used to be done,.. I'm glad Geologists get to work with computers these days,... Plan a whole day for that,... you won't be driving very fast.
I drive out there by heading out through Enid, Woodward, Guymon and Boise City. Then hook up with HWY 87 in Clayton, NM and head out towards Sierra Madre and Capulin. Capulin is a cool little volcanic 'pimple' that you can drive up into.
Enjoy your trip!!
Are you thinking of the Shelf Road? Phantom Canyon Road starts off of Highway 50 quite a ways out east of Canon City. Shelf road is pretty good as well, but I prefer Phantom Canyon Road, especially during the fall.
No sir. The OSU Geology Field Camp is out East of Canon City just like you say but it is on Upper Beaver Creek Rd. Phantom Canyon Rd is less than a mile to the west of it. It will take you all the way up to Victor and Cripple Creek. I guess when I say that the field camp is in Canon City,... I mean it's closer to Canon City than any other city,.. mailing address of Canon City.
Also, another really cool feature near Canon City is Red Canyon. It's just north of Canon City and worth a half day hike.
Enjoy,
Carl
And this is looking at the same canyon from up on top of Twin Mountain. This is looking northeast towards Pikes Peak,... it is just out of the frame on the right.
Cool. I hadn't heard of Red Canyon and I have relatives that live in Canon City. Any directions on how to get to the trailhead to hike out there?
Also, have you ever been up over the Skyline Drive? I took a photo of a Kite (I think) that was almost down to my eye level up on that ridge.
Also, have you ever been up over the Skyline Drive? I took a photo of a Kite (I think) that was almost down to my eye level up on that ridge.
Terry, I have been to Skyline Drive. We spent two weeks mapping the Grape Creek area which is a southern extension of that Skyline hogback. If you look closely, you can see some dinosaur footprints up on top of Skyline. That is a great picture.
Red Canyon is up north of town on Fourmile Rd (Hwy 9). Take it north until you see the signs but I think the turnoff is road F24. Turn left, drive into the park and there are 2-3 parking turnouts to choose from. It is some fun hiking and some great spots to have lunch.
Here is a pic of the Grape Creek area looking north towards town. Canon City proper is just to the right,.. Skyline Dr is almost straight ahead if you follow the hogback as it curves to the north. Pikes Peak is the snowcapped peak at the upper left.
Red Canyon is up north of town on Fourmile Rd (Hwy 9). Take it north until you see the signs but I think the turnoff is road F24. Turn left, drive into the park and there are 2-3 parking turnouts to choose from. It is some fun hiking and some great spots to have lunch.
Here is a pic of the Grape Creek area looking north towards town. Canon City proper is just to the right,.. Skyline Dr is almost straight ahead if you follow the hogback as it curves to the north. Pikes Peak is the snowcapped peak at the upper left.
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