The Pike Trail

We just received notification that the Rotary Club of Lamar, CO is sponsoring the creation of an educational kiosk to be erected beside the Zebulon Pike Tower in Willow Creek Park. The kiosk will include a QR code that visitors can use to navigate to our website. The town of Lamar, in southeastern Colorado on...

Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike and his men set foot into the Upper Arkansas River Valley and Chaffee County from Park County on Thursday, December 18, 1806 at Trout Creek Pass [9400’]. (Above art is by the late, retired Disney artist, Ed French. It is available as a poster, or a notecard.) “Marched and crossed the...

At Christmas, Pike camped on the geological debris of multiple ancient floods. This is Part One, of a Two-Part Series. Read Part Two. Three Glaciers Flood, Arkansas River, Colorado Vince Matthews, Ph.D., formerly the Colorado State Geologist who lived in Leadville at one time spurred thought about where the large rocks came from on the...

On September 19, 2019, Walsenburg, Colorado, members of Pike National Historic Trail Association met with Superintendent Aaron Mahr of the National Trail Intermountain Region of the National Park Service to outline the steps in developing a feasibility study of inclusion of the 1806 expedition of Lt. Zebulon Pike through the southwest portion of the Louisiana...

Initial Meeting with National Park Service Defines Work Needed for Designation of Pike National Historic Trail On September 19, 2019, Walsenburg, Colorado, members of Pike National Historic Trail Association met with Superintendent Aaron Mahr of the National Trail Intermountain Region of the National Park Service to outline the steps in developing a feasibility study of...

Article by Allan Vainley We have reported fires on the Pike route in the Wet Mountain Valley and at the Royal Gorge in the past. There are currently (7/7/18) 15 wildfires raging in Colorado. 4 of them are close to where Pike’s crew passed in December 1806 and early January, 1807. Today more than 60...

We are moving into Phase II of the Pike Trail in CO (directional signs, interpretation and a route book). We have assured County Governments that we will work with them and CDOT regarding size, placement, number and cost of directional signs. Our suggested design has been established. We are making CDOT and other state agencies...