oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain

#OH BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN WINDOWS#

Hiking Barr Trail (runs parallel to the Incline) or Crags Trail.Other, alternate routes to reach the top include: A picture from Nicole Newton’s (EI’s Assistant Research Manager) hike up the incline. in a little under 1 mile and is one of the ways to access the top of Pikes Peak. As you drive up Highway 24 towards the mountain, you can start to make out a dauntingly vertical trail running up the side of the mountain, the Incline.

#OH BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN WINDOWS#

Looking out of the windows at our downtown Colorado Springs office, Pikes Peak towers over the city at 14,115 ft. Ward into the song we know today, “America the Beautiful.” All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse.” When Katharine returned to Colorado Springs after her journey, she was inspired to write the poem, “Pikes Peak,” which was later adapted by Samuel A. When Katharine saw the view at the top of Pikes Peak, she, “felt great joy. During this summer, she made the trek up Pikes Peak in a prairie wagon and then had to switch to a mule to reach the top.

In the summer of 1893, Katharine Lee Bates was teaching English at Colorado College, in Colorado Springs. “America the Beautiful,” is a widely known song, but did you know it originated as a poem inspired by Pikes Peak, the 14er located right here in Colorado Springs? “O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grainįor purple mountain majesties, above the fruited plainĪmerica, America, God shed His grace on theeĪnd crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea”

Oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain