Snowgooer magazine had a list of look outs on the trail - here is another one that few people know about as, likely due to liability reasons, it is no longer on any trail maps - Pike's Peak on DunAhmic trail 805.   Trail 805 takes a 90 degree turn to the right on your way north - usually there is a trail numbering sign there - and each year a few people turn left make tracks to the high point of land from where you can get a pretty good view.   Here it is on a trail  map from 2003: