Tag: Pikes Peak Highway
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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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Despite pandemic, Colorado Springs tourism season ‘historic’
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The Pikes Peak region’s tourism industry bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic in a big way this summer, posting numbers one tourism industry executive called “historic.” Doug Price, CEO of Visit Colorado Springs, said you can credit the March arrival of Southwest Airlines at the Colorado Springs Airport for boosting visitor numbers to historic levels.…
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Pikes Peak National Park? Colorado Springs man has big idea
Jim Strub recently stopped at a comment on Facebook. “Someone was commenting on how awe-inspired they were by their trip up to the new (Pikes Peak) summit house and the views and all that,” he recalled. “And what they wrote in the comment section was, ‘Why isn’t this a national park?’ “I thought, ‘Oh yes,…
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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…
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New Year’s Eve fireworks atop Pikes Peak: What to know
The AdAmAn club will make its 99th trek to the top of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31 for New Year’s Eve fireworks. Here’s what to expect with the fireworks show as we ring in 2021 around Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. – Ten AdAmAn members and guests are expected make the trip up…