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Discover Colorado’s Pikes Peak Cog Railway and Summit Visitor Center

Video Credit: 7News - The Denver Channel - Duration: 04:28s - Published
Discover Colorado’s Pikes Peak Cog Railway and Summit Visitor CenterDiscover Colorado’s Pikes Peak Cog Railway and Summit Visitor Center

Hey guys, I'm at the pikesThere's a train that's litus above 14,000 ft and I'monly two cog railways in taround the world.

Most areAnd so this is truly a unithe United States.

And soa 14,000 ft mountain, thisconstruction started in 18to the summit was completeso we just celebrated 130tJune, it was originally bunamed Zalman Simmons.

He wentrepreneur and he had ato check on it.

He wrote asummit and when he got bacthat was the most miserablsummit of the mountain evekenosha Wisconsin where heat the time, $1.5 millionto Manitou and built thisjust did a full renovationour railway.

We have a cenrail called a rack rail ancog wheel that's underneatinto and pulls the train ua typical railway gets thepower through the outsidethrough that center aroundfantastic.

Obviously withnew trains, it's super smoback, let us do the work athrough four different cligonna see all sorts of wilthe mountain, you're gonnaas you start going higherget to the summit, it's trOnce you're up there, okayWe're getting ready to goat the top, I've heard thegreat doughnuts.

Let's chehmm.

Mhm.

The first structa weather research stationthe military.

And then oncbuilt the pikes peak highwcoming, that facility tranthe first visitor center.redesign of the summit facsummit visitor center offeopportunities to explore tthe experience was very dyand interactive.

So guestsdisplays, information on tinteractive pieces on a cldon't have any clouds frompeak, you can see downtownyou can see for states umonto the horizon.

So we dowhat you can see if you taleap outside.

Um you can esome interpretive markersyou what piques your seeinare.

The famous doughnuts.in our public process wasthe doughnut.

So it is a tIf you take a donut up herdo not recommend taking thIt has a tendency to deflafor kids, what happens toat altitude For most peopltime they will ever set foIt's it's magnificent.

Betto experience wildlife sucsheep.

It gives you that omother nature at its best.experience and the beautyis open year round and accI had so much fun riding talso choose your own adven




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