Just when you begin to think there’s no way you can keep going up those never-ending steps, remember that you can choose the bailout—otherwise known as the false summit—two thirds of the way up that gives you access to the Barr Trail going down. If you make it to the top, you’ll hike three miles down Barr.
Even Visit Colorado Springs, the city’s tourism authority, alludes to the fact that the area enjoys “an average of 300 days of deep blue skies, abundant sunshine, and low humidity.”
Massive investments in the Pikes Peak Cog Railway and the new Summit Visitors Center reaffirm the mountain’s status as one of the world’s can’t-miss attractions.
