A 53-year-old man who pushed a peanut up the rocky face of 14,115-foot Pikes Peak says that, when he reached the summit after nearly a week of crawling, he badly needed water. But as Bob Salem ...

The uncomely cinderblock summit house at the top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak doesn’t fit in with the ... in federal funds to rebuild the 42-year-old structure. Terry Sullivan, president and ...

An old tradition is returning to Pikes Peak. On Aug. 27 and Sept ... road's typical opening to catch the sunrise from the 14,115-foot summit. It's the first time of the occasion since 2018 ...

The entire Pikes Peak project will cost $60 million ... glass allows for huge windows with sweeping views, something the old Summit House lacks. The existing Summit House is “a bunker for ...

July 26, 2000 - PIKES PEAK - Lightning on Tuesday struck and killed an 18-year-old hiker from Topeka, Kan., who was about 300 feet below the 14,110-foot summit of Pikes Peak, according to the El Paso ...

ABIGAIL BECKMAN, BYLINE: Fifty-three-year-old Bob Salem is lying on his stomach in the red dirt at the base of the nearly 13-mile trail to the top of Pikes Peak ... it to the summit in 1963 ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Don't miss the high-altitude, secret recipe doughnuts at the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center. An automated machine churns out thousands of the sweet treats daily.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Sticking to the construction work timeline on the new Pikes Peak Summit House will ... you love won’t disappear with the old Summit House. Souvenirs, t-shirts, homemade ...

The all-electric Volkswagen I.D. R currently holds the overall record at Pikes Peak, reaching the summit in just seven ... are air-cooled—just like an old Porsche 911. The twin electric motors ...