A new travel option for the 2024 summer season could bring the total number of people going through the gates of the Pikes Peak Highway to more than half a million people.
“We get so many people coming in and out of the office or at the gateway saying I am too scared to drive through those switchbacks above timberline, like that’s not for me, do you have a shuttle?” Pike Peak America’s Mountain Manager Skler Rorabaugh said.
This summer there is a new option for a $30 package deals that includes the entrance fee and a shuttle service up the mountain.
“We’re able to tell them that yeah, drive up to mile seven, which is a pretty easy, pretty comfortable drive for most people, you can get out, hop on the shuttle, and then take that shot all the way to the summit,” Rorabaugh said.
On May 1, the North Slope Recreation Area at the base of Pikes Peak opens for the season.
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