re: #191 Dark_Falcon

Thing is Monument hill is itself ridge-ish.

Most of Colorado Springs sits at about 6100-6900 feet. Monument is at about 7100-7300 Feet. The ridges have a habit of making it more of a pain in the ass to get from one part of the city to another as well.

Hell, the reason the fires ended up so hard fought when they breached city limits last year was that, if the fire had gotten one more mile, it would have gotten to the one of the ridges that splits the city Northwest-Southeast. I-25 runs through a lull between two ridges. You can see how this would have gotten horrific in a hurry.