#Pikes peak cog railway tickets full#

There is a toll to drive the highway ranging from 5 to 50 May-November and 5 to 35 December-April. The views are amazing along the Pikes Peak Tollroad Scenic Drive. The Pikes Peak Tollroad Scenic Drive winds itself up to the top of Pikes Peak. I didnt really know what to expect but it seemed. The train ride takes riders through Pikes PeakГ•s famous pink granite in the Pike National Forest. Expect to spend approximately two hours round trip to the top and back. Then we went to the Cog Railway station and were given our train tickets to go to the top of Pikes Peak. It is the worldГ•s highest COG railway train going up 7,600 feet of vertical gain to the 14,115 foot summit.

The ride takes just over three hours to complete the 8.9 mile ascent and 8.9 mile decent of Pikes Peak. The train will have five departures a day. The railway will be opened for four days from May 20th-23rd and again on May 27th when it reopens to the public seven days a week. 2017 that the almost 130 year old train is making its again way to the summit of Pike Peak. At left are Christine McDonald, left, and her son Cameron, 16.

#Pikes peak cog railway tickets full#

Sam Nimaya, right, and his sons Christian, 6, second from left, and John, 8 next to him wave to people on a passing train full of people, while sitting on her mother BeckyвЂ™s lap as they ride on the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak COG Railway train towards the summit of Pikes Peak on in Manitou Springs. The railway will celebrate its 130th anniversary at the end of June. The train ride takes riders through Pikes PeakГ•s famous pink granite in the Pike National Forest. We were able to purchase tickets for the 12:30 train (as we had hoped) and then went back out to the truck to have our lunch. Boarding the train, a 40-minute ride up to the top, one hour at the top, boarding the train and ride back down to the station. It is the worldГ•s highest COG railway train going up 7,600 feet of vertical gain to the 14,115 foot summit. Tip 5 The entire Mount Washington Cog Railway trip takes three (3) hours. Conductor Adam Clawson, center, describes to passengers Edward Camarena, left, his girlfriend Devan Duran and her parents Joyce and Robert Winthrop Duran, right, what the ride will be like aboard The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak COG Railway train as it sits in the station before heading up to the summit of Pikes Peak on in Manitou Springs.