Pikes Peak Cog Railway, closing, rebuilding, reopening. (Colorado Springs, Evans: school, buses)

[bluescreen73]

Originally Posted by amattaro

$58/person to ride. $15 to park. Seems excessive for an hour up, 40 minute hang out, and hour back down.

I personally wouldn't do it, but there are plenty of touristas who will.

Next time I go up Pikes it'll be on foot. Looking at doing the Crags Trail in a couple years.

[Mike from back east]

Did it 3 times, but then again I'm a train hugger. Drove up the highway at least once. All good trips. The donuts at the top are worth the trip.

[Happy in Wyoming]

I'll be there. My first trip was in 1952; my most enjoyable was a few years later in front of the 5 steam locomotive. I wish that the Cog still used steam, but I believe that this will be good. It's sad that the Mount Manitou Incline is no longer across the street from the depot.

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

I'll be there. My first trip was in 1952; my most enjoyable was a few years later in front of the 5 steam locomotive. I wish that the Cog still used steam, but I believe that this will be good. It's sad that the Mount Manitou Incline is no longer across the street from the depot.

I wished the incline was still working . . . with an eatery at the top to look out over the city.

[phetaroi]

Originally Posted by amattaro

$58/person to ride. $15 to park. Seems excessive for an hour up, 40 minute hang out, and hour back down.

It's a lot, but you have to compare that to the expense of operating and modernizing the infrastructure.

[emm74]

Originally Posted by phetaroi

It's a lot, but you have to compare that to the expense of operating and modernizing the infrastructure.

Yes, I understand where the price comes from. And I'm not saying it's not worth it in a generalized sense.
But still, that's a very, very pricey outing for a family and I can see where a lot of people will choose to pass and find another way to spend several hundred dollars.

[dr.frog]

The Cog Railway is now being run by the Broadmoor, and their interest is probably in pitching it as an excursion for their guests. Folks who can afford to stay at a 5-star resort probably aren't going to be put off by the price tag on the tram.

[Happy in Wyoming]

Taking inflation into consideration, the fare is about the same as it was in the early fifties. It was cheap then and it's cheap now for the trip of a lifetime.

[phetaroi]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

Taking inflation into consideration, the fare is about the same as it was in the early fifties. It was cheap then and it's cheap now for the trip of a lifetime.

My grandparents brought me on a trip here in 1960, and we took the then available bus up because the cog railway was too expensive.

[Phil P]

$58 isn't bad if you can hang out for a long time up there. 40 minutes seems pretty short, I'd want longer than that to look around. It's cool how there's now like a whole village up there now. Some people might not like the disturbance but every other mountain is basically as is from nature, so it's cool to have one developed.

Originally Posted by bluescreen73

I personally wouldn't do it, but there are plenty of touristas who will.

Next time I go up Pikes it'll be on foot. Looking at doing the Crags Trail in a couple years.

Crags is definitely one you should do if you're in the area, Pikes Peak is just a different looking mountain from other ones in other ranges, so moundy and pink and all alone.