Courtesy Jessica Miller A Lark bunting, Colorado's State bird, perched on a cholla cactus at Kane Ranch Open Space during 2024's Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival.

Clouds cover part of Pikes Peak on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) A tourist takes a picture of a Bighorn Sheep on Pikes Peak on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

But Mother Nature made the most news as wintery conditions at the Peak's 14,000-foot summit forced race officials to move the finish line downhill ond shorten the 12.5-mile course by about four miles.

" [There's] probably thousands of photos that I've taken over the years, and with Pikes Peak, you can't really take a bad photo." It's a view he wants everybody to see, and one that he'll ...

(PIKES PEAK, Colo.) — On Tuesday, May 6, many in Southern Colorado woke up to slushy, wet commutes as rain, snow, and chilly air moved across the region. Photos taken from the summit of Pikes ...

In 2023, Pikes Peak got a blizzard in mid-June. The year before that, there was snow at the summit in August – though that one could be considered a first snow of the season, rather than the last.