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• Pikes Peak West, in the Pike National Forest, is 10 miles south of Woodland Park and 15 miles west of Colorado Springs.
• It lies in Teller County on the west and upper south slope of Pikes Peak, west and south of Pikes Peak highway and cog railroad.
• Looking west and southwest from the Pikes Peak Highway, you will be viewing the bulk of Peaks Peak West with Mueller State Park and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in the midground and Thirtynine Mile and Lost Creek Wilderness father west. Access Pikes Peak West on the west side via Hwy 67 and The Crags. Turn south on Hwy 67 at Divide, continuing about 4.5miles to The Crags turnoff which is FR 383. Go 3.5 miles to the Crags trailhead where you can hike to the rock formations.
• Topo maps: Divide (NW), Woodland Park (NE), Pikes Peak (S)

• Pikes Peak West is remote and has challenging terrain accessible primarily from the Pikes Peak Highway, The Crags, and Horsethief Park, providing wilderness experience within a few miles of a major metropolitan area.
• The visitor can find solitude because of the limited number of trails and extreme topography.
• The area offers dramatic scenic views to the west and south. Views of Pikes Peak West from outside the area are equally dramatic as Pikes Peak dominates the landscape.
• It protects slopes above major reservoirs and sources for Colorado Springs' domestic water supply.
• Pikes Peak West provides connections to greater Pikes Peak, Mueller State Park and Beaver Creek.

• Elevation in Pikes Peak West ranges between 8,400 ft. to 13,700 ft. It is dominated in its upper region by alpine tundra and a long ridge leading to the summit of Pikes Peak, outside the area just to the east.
• The area includes Raspberry Mountain, The Crags, Sentinel Point, Sachett Mountain, and Windy Point. It is drained by numerous streams including Severy Creek, Catamount Creek, Fourmile Creek, Putney Gulch, and the West Fork of Beaver Creek.
• Wildlife in the area include bighorn sheep and their lambing and winter concentration areas, elk including calving areas, greenback cutthroat trout, and Peregrine falcon.
• Vegetation in Pikes Peak West includes alpine tundra, aspen, Bristlecone and Limber pine, spruce-fir, Douglas fir, Lodgepole pine, Gambel oak shrubland, montane grasslands, and riparian zone vegetation.
• Pikes Peak West contains the headwaters of Fourmile Creek, Beaver Creek, Catamount Creek, and Severy Creek.

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