Tag: Pikes Peak Highway
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Tracking the unexpected: Pikes Peak is getting a new high-tech weather station
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I spy with my naked eye patches of white amid the shadowy terrain of the north face of Pikes Peak, which is visible from some neighborhoods in Teller County. But in late August, the cold…
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Sunrise Openings set for Pikes Peak Highway
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The easiest way to catch a sunrise on a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado? Via the Pikes Peak Highway on certain days coming up. The highway’s gate will be lifted early July 12 and 18 — the first Sunrise Openings that only come around every so…
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50 years on the mountain: 83-year-old Pikes Peak highway ranger retires after half century on patrol
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save John O’Brien’s memory lane is the 19-mile road that twists and turns up to the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak. “Each curve has a certain memory,” he says from the passenger seat now. “Every curve after 50 years.” After 50 years, O’Brien has retired as…
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Pikes Peak recreation area could see changes under ongoing review
Trails, commercial permitting and recreation management around popular reservoirs on Pikes Peak are under a review recently launched by Colorado Springs Utilities. The agency has posted an online survey, gauging enthusiast’s interests and ideas for the future of North Slope Recreation Area. That’s the area of three reservoirs off the Pikes Peak Highway: Crystal Creek…
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Drive or ride train up Pikes Peak for rare sunrise opening
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s not often one can catch the sunrise atop Pikes Peak via road or railway. That chance is coming up July 21. Pikes Peak Highway’s gateway will open at 4:30 a.m. that Sunday. A ride on The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway is…
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Pikes Peak Highway changes underscore tensions in managing for tourists, locals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Heading into the summer, Colorado Springs locals are bracing for changes to the way they access adventure off the Pikes Peak Highway. They were alarmed by an initial announcement laying out new day-to-day operations starting in May through September: Those wishing to drive themselves past…
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Here’s your next chance to drive for sunrise on Pikes Peak
A rare opportunity approaches atop America’s Mountain. Starting at 4:45 a.m. July 21, drivers can pass through the Pikes Peak Highway gate and catch the sunrise at 14,115 feet in an event scheduled only six times this year. ‘Breckenridge troll’ creator set to build another troll closer to Colorado Springs Also that Friday, The Broadmoor…
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Heading to Pikes Peak this summer? Here are a few things to know
As Pikes Peak Highway opens reservations for driving up the 14,115-foot mountain, officials are reminding visitors of destinations that will be closed along the way. ‘New phase’ of reclamation celebrated at Colorado Springs’ Pikeview Quarry — but challenges remain ‘Significant’ construction will limit access to Colorado’s popular Hanging Lake Trail this summer Of the three…
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Donkey Derby Days returns to Cripple Creek
Back when the West was still being won, there were VIDs: Very Important Donkeys. Cripple Creek likes to celebrate the animals who helped create the tiny mining town with Donkey Derby Days. The free festival is back, after being canceled last summer due to the pandemic, and takes place Saturday and Sunday. “It’s one of…