Pikes Peak Highway

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30.1 km

Length

+2,087 m

Ascent

−52 m

Descent

4,298 m

Highest point

Hairpins

11.9%

Max gradient

0h 40min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 4,298 m

1 °C snow

wind 2 m/s · clouds 99%

At the start

14 °C rain

wind 2 m/s · clouds 99%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Friday 23 Oct	-4 °C	4 °C	1.0 mm	6 m/s	fair
Saturday 24 Oct	-8 °C	-1 °C	0.2 mm · snow possible	5 m/s	fair
Sunday 25 Oct	-9 °C	-0 °C	1.3 mm · snow possible	3 m/s	cloudy

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/23/26, 12:46 AM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: High mountain road
Surface: asphalt 99%

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Ascent

30.1 km · 19 hairpins · 4,298 m

Elevation profile

What does Pikes Peak Highway look like?

Cascade CO from Pikes Peak Highway · Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Pikes Peak Highway nearing summit · Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Pikes Peak Panorama From The Top (1) (5924520365) · Alan Stark from Goodyear, AZ, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pikes Peak Highway (2) (5911317563) · Alan Stark from Goodyear, AZ, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

Robert Olinger with Jimmy Dolan · Bennet & Brown · Public domain

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Cascade

38.90111, -104.97323

Finish

El Paso County

38.83995, -105.04393

Along the road

Restaurants and cafés

Mildred's Cafe 0.0 km · 2,263 m

Cafe 30.1 km · 4,298 m

Pike's Peak Summit Visitor Center 30.1 km · 4,298 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 0.0 km to 30.1 km.

Parking

North Pole Parking Area 0.7 km · 2,337 m

Devil's Playground 24.4 km · 3,941 m

26 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 30.1 km.

Toilets

19 unnamed places along the road, from 0.4 km to 30.1 km.

Viewpoints

7 unnamed places along the road, from 2.6 km to 30.1 km.