Kara Williams Rising more than 14,000 feet, Pikes ... Pikes Peak Highway. Still more methods for getting to the top: a guided Jeep or bus tour or a relaxing ride aboard a historic cog railway.

Seated on the Pikes Peak Cog Train right next to our train driver, Bree, we could hear her corresponding with the crew at the top. “The snow’s deep, I don’t think we’re going to be able to ...