A pair of iconic Pikes Peak tourism draws are on track to reopen.
The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, closed since October 2017 for a $100 million overhaul, will have a soft opening May 20.
âThere wonât be much fanfare that day,â says Assistant General Manager Ted Johnson, âother than, maybe amongst our employees, having a little celebration that weâre done with the project and weâre putting paying customers on the train.â He says cog trains will run May 20-23 and resume with a full, seven-days-a-week schedule May 27.
The $62 million Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center, under construction since early 2018, will host a soft opening in June, says Jack Glavan, Pikes Peak â Americaâs Mountain manager for the city of Colorado Springs.
A pair of iconic Pikes Peak tourism draws are on track to reopen.
The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, closed since October 2017 for a $100 million overhaul, will have a soft opening May 20.
âThere wonât be much fanfare that day,â Assistant General Manager Ted Johnson said, âother than, maybe amongst our employees, having a little celebration that weâre done with the project and weâre putting paying customers on the train.âÂ
Cog trains will run May 20-23 and will resume with a full, seven-days-a-week schedule May 27, Johnson said.
The $62 million Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center, under construction since early 2018, will host a soft opening in June, said Jack Glavan, Pikes Peak â Americaâs Mountain manager for the city of Colorado Springs.
Pikes Peak summit house demolition begins
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - After years of construction, the new Pikes Peak summit complex is almost ready for visitors.
Crews hit their last big milestone Tuesday, demolishing the old summit house that s been standing since 1963. Gets us one more milestone of completion of the project, said Jack Glavin, manager of Pikes Peak America s Mountain. I think the favorite part is going to be that dynamic view as you come in from the Highway side looking out toward Mount Rosa. It s going to be spectacular.
Crews originally thought they d finish up construction at the end of March, but the weather had different plans. Because of the snow, they could only get to the summit five days out of the entire month.
Central Otago in summer is hot, relaxing, historically interesting, wonderfully scenic and full of activities, and most of those features continue into autumn. Queenstown was lively over the summer months, but nothing like its heady days when the place was packed with international visitors and Kiwis felt alienated by the crowds and the high prices.
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Autumn is when the always gorgeous and adventure-filled Central Otago is truly at its best. This summer there weren’t the crowds, but the prices weren’t much lower than usual – at least not in my reckoning. Nowhere did I see a No Vacancy sign, so occupancy was less than 100 per cent in January and February.