On a mountaintop road with an average speed limit of 25 mph, competitors tear down the ... It's this top section of the course that makes the historic Pikes Peak Hill Climb so dangerous.

Because of this unique manufacturing, the Pikes Peak Cog Train can climb a 25% grade, which means for every 100 feet it rides forward, it will ascend 25 feet. Typical trains can only climb 4 to 6% ...