Pursuant to the settlement agreed by the Sierra Club and the City of Colorado Springs, the unpaved portion of the Pikes Peak Highway became a hard-surface road, despite concerns that such a project would radically change the nature of the annual automobile and motorcycle race. Environmental damage included alpine ponds and wetlands becoming filled with gravel, and layers of gravel averaging 2 to 4 feet (0.6 to 1.2 m) deep covering the forest floor below.
The environmental damage was caused primarily by the 150,000,000 pounds (70,000 metric tons) of gravel that washed away annually, the same amount that needed to be hauled up the mountain each year in order to maintain the road surface. Litigation was pursued by the Sierra Club in 1998-1999, on grounds of environmental damage from the gravel portion of the road. The 2016 edition was also the first edition of the USA Cycling Hill Climb National Championship. Īnother race is the Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb (formerly Assault on the Peak), first held in 2010. The highway has been home to an annual automobile and motorcycle race called the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb since 1916. Today, the road is maintained by the city of Colorado Springs. It was maintained by Colorado DOT as Colorado State Highway 250 from 1939 until 1947. It was opened by the Cascade Town Company in 1888 and closed in 1902.
Thousands of tourists traveled along the Pikes Peak Carriage Road up to Pikes Peak's summit. Īn earlier road up the mountain, the Pike's Peak Carriage Road, dates back to 1888.
The Pikes Peak Highway was constructed in 1915 and financed by Spencer Penrose at a cost of $500,000. The rate structure varies depending on time of year and ranges from $10 per adult and $5 per child throughout winter up to $50 per carload (5 passengers or fewer) with discounts on additional passengers. It is at least partially open year-round, up to the altitude where snow removal becomes excessively difficult. The Pikes Peak Highway is a 19-mile (31 km) toll road that runs from Cascade, Colorado to the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, at an altitude of 14,115 feet (4,302 m). Alpine road in Colorado, United States Entrance to the Pikes Peak Highway A view of the highway as it nears the summit Downhill drivers have to check the brake temperatures of their vehicle at this station The winding Pikes Peak Highway, looking down from 13,000 feet (3,960 m) at milepost 16 September 2011 Suzuki Grand Vitara at the 2006 Race to the Clouds
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