31. Pine Creek Golf Club
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (719) 594-9999
Address: 9850 Divot Trail
Description: This 18-hole course rolls and dips through the northern Pine Creek neighborhood drainage area and can be quite challenging. With upscale homes surrounding the course and glorious views of Pikes Peak and the US Air Force Academy, this is one of the more scenic courses around. Green fees are $20 to $44, and driving carts are available for an additional fee. Walking is allowed, and the usual golf dress code of collared shirt and jeans in good repair applies. There is a pro shop, restaurant, and driving range, and lessons are available.
32. Springs Ranch Golf Club
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (719) 573-4863, (800) 485-9771
Address: 3525 Tutt Blvd.
Description: Springs Ranch lies east of Powers Boulevard and is open and scenic, with wide views of the Front Range. The rolling hills and creek basin make this 18-hole course a surprisingly challenging game, with a lot to offer in terms of shot-making decisions. Green fees are $17 to $52, and rolling and push carts are available for rental. Walking is allowed. Driving range, lessons, leagues, tournaments, restaurant, and pro shop are available. Punch cards and other passes give regular, local players a range of discounts.
33. Valley Hi Golf Course
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (719) 385-6911
Address: 610 S. Chelton Rd.
Description: The second municipal course in the city, Valley Hi is an 18-hole course that appears flat and innocuous but can be surprising. Challenging bunkers and tall, mature trees line the fairways. Green fees are $14 to $30, and both push carts and riding carts are available for rent. You may walk. Lessons and leagues are offered, and there’s a pro shop and the Caddy Shack restaurant.
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Address: 3617 Betty Dr.
35. Honnen Ice Rink
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (719) 389-6157
Address: 44 W. Cache La Poudre St.
Description: Honnen is on the Colorado College campus, but it is not restricted to students. There are public skates, figure skating sessions, open hockey times, and learn-to-skate classes. Skate rentals are available. This rink can be a little tricky to find just west of the intersection of Cascade Avenue and Cache La Poudre Street, up a short walkway to the north.
36. Sertich Ice Center
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (719) 385-5983
Address: 1705 E. Pikes Peak Ave.
Description: Sertich is in Memorial Park at the corner of East Pikes Peak Avenue and Union Boulevard. The NHL-size ice also has seating for 2,000, and as such this is a popular place for high school hockey games. There are public skating sessions, a good selection of rental skates, learn-to-skate classes, youth hockey classes, and adult open hockey sessions. Sertich also has a birthday party package, a video game room, skate sharpening, and full-service vending machines, including that all-important hot chocolate.
37. World Arena Ice Hall
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (719) 477-2150
Address: 3185 Venetucci Blvd.
Description: The World Arena Ice Hall is next to the 8,000-seat World Arena, and it is the big player in ice time in Colorado Springs. The World Arena Ice Hall houses 2 sheets of ice (1 NHL size, 1 Olympic size). The facility hosts world-class athletes at all hours every day as well as public skate sessions, youth and adult hockey leagues, drop-in speedskating, learn-to-skate lessons, private lessons, and is home to the Broadmoor Skating Club (past and present members are US National and Olympic champion figure skaters). Skate rental is available. There is a snack bar, but it is not always open; when it’s closed vending machines dole out coffee and hot chocolate. Make sure to check the website or call before heading over as the ice is booked every day from before dawn to almost midnight.
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
39. University Of Colorado At Colorado Springs
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (719) 255-3601
Description: UCCS plays NCAA Division II, and a number of sports draw a crowd. The men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball teams play in the new 1,200-seat Gallogly Events Center. Tickets and information are available at the website. Tickets are either free or up to $6.
40. Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: This high altitude road race is a little challenging as a spectator sport since you see the cars zoom by only once, but gear-heads love it. The 12.42-mile course begins at 9,390 feet above sea level and ends at 14,110 feet, at the summit of Pikes Peak. There are 11 classes featuring every type of automobile, from semi trucks to open wheels to motorcycles. Spectators line the road-turned-race track from the bottom to the top, getting a day spent in the mountains as part of the package. Tickets are $45.
41. Pikes Peak Or Bust Rodeo
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: One of the highest-paying pro rodeo events in the country, the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo runs for five days in the height of summer. This perfect family outing features all the excitement of the Old West as well as a carnival and activities like pony rides, gold panning, and mutton busting. In the arena, barrel racers to bull riders take the audience on a thrill ride. Those wacky daredevils, the hard-working rodeo clowns, almost always steal the show. Tickets range from about $5 to $25.
42. Sky Sox Baseball
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (719) 597-1449, (719) 591-SOXX
Address: 4385 Tutt Blvd.
Description: The Colorado Springs Sky Sox are the Triple-A farm club for the Major League Baseball Colorado Rockies. On any given summer day, you can enjoy a dog and soda while watching big league players sent down to work out some kinks, new whiz kids out to prove themselves, and a field full of big league hopefuls. The intimate, open, 8,500-seat Security Service Field is the highest professional ballpark in the US at 6,531 feet above sea level, and every seat is perfect. The Sky Sox routinely run promotions that allow families to enjoy a day at the park for next to nothing. All together now, “Take me out to the ball game. . . .” Tickets range from $9 to $12, but there are discounted promotions on a regular basis.
43. Thunder Inline Hockey
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Address: 3225 Meadow Ridge Dr.
Description: Continuing in the “we love to skate here” theme, Colorado Springs is home to the Thunder professional inline hockey team. Games are played at the 250-seat CETSArena (719-597-1235). Find team and schedule information at the Thunder’s website. Tickets are $7.
44. Us Olympic Training Center
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: Since one of the nation’s elite athletic training facilities is here, it’s only natural that regular competition of the highest level takes place on the grounds of the Olympic Training Center. From swimming to shooting to volleyball, world-class athletes—from the US and around the world—can be seen up close and in action at least once a month. Ticket prices vary but are usually quite modest.
45. Rocky Mountain State Games
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: These games are for the people—to both play and watch. There are 34 sports, from rock climbing to racquetball, played all around the area at Memorial Park, the US Air Force Academy, the US Olympic Training Center, and more. All ages and abilities participate, and heartwarming sports moments happen every day. Except for the opening ceremonies, events are free.