Things to do in Colorado Springs - Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods 

Turns out I misread the sign coming back down from the Manitou Incline trail. It wasn't 7 miles, more like 4 miles 😜 Oops 😬

My first "real" job was as a guide at the Cave of the Winds. I was 17 years old. The year was 1968! I would give anything to move back to my beloved hometown---Colorado Springs. My heart never left the gorgeous Pike's Peak region. The city is now about five times the size it was when I was living there. The Garden of the Gods was my back yard--my playground---literally. The Mount Manitou Incline was a sort of rail car that pulled people up the mountain (and down) wherein you sat looking out over the city. It was one of the best attractions in the region. Why it was discontinued is beyond me. I loved seeing this video, but there is sadness in it---much of the quiet charm of the city has been lost forever. But I guess most people can say the same thing if they grew up in a beautiful place. Thanks for posting this.

It’s so cool for me to watch this from a tourists perspective. I was born and raised in Colorado Springs and seeing this is wonderful!

I live in the Springs and I would also highly recommend going to Glenn Eyrie. It's just north of Garden of the Gods, and you do need a reservation, but it is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Gorgeous castle, lots of history. You can do a high tea, if you book early enough you can stay in the castle. Lots of wildlife as well.

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Saving for my trip back to Colorado one of the most beautiful places I have ever been

Thank you! Adding pricing information is great! For us traveling on budget makes a great picture on what we want to do and can afford!❤

I live in Colorado Springs you hit pretty much everything. Manitou Springs is beautiful when it snows. Small little mountain town looks like a Christmas card

Very informative and detailed!! I enjoyed much!

Thanks Bo! We will definitely experience a few of these excursions in Colorado

Beautiful places! Thank you for the review!

Wow..awesome place to visit

Thanks for sharing beautiful places and very useful detailed information, congratulations 👌👌👌

Love this

Thank you. Great destinations list and helpful tips

great helpful tips! thank you!

Thanks for sharing! I'll be there end of September!

Nice video. I am motivated to get out of my routine and see something. Thank you

Great information. Thank you!

Very informative. Thanks for the video!

Were going in Oct and your video was super helpful. Your video gave a better perspective.

Love my city!

great place to visit 🌎

i live in Colorado Springs it’s amazing

Thank you so much!

Nice intro to the area. Appreciate the video, great job. Going there Memorial Day weekend, nice to get some ideas from your footage!!

These travel tips are truly helpful thank you. Solid videography skills as well

Found this lil video, I live out in the Springs myself. Had a group Hike around Helen Hunt and Seven during winter and just the silence and beauty of those areas is so lovely. Maybe next time when you visit you should come see our Garden of Eden we got, if the trail isn't over run with poison ivy lol

Just watched it on big TV! 👍 Very nice, beautiful, informative and inspiring video. 👍

Colorado is awesome, I love it here I live in Fort Morgan but it is no that bad of a drive thanks so much for this video it is a great one!!

Missed out the royal gorge bridge (search it up) and for pikes peak, there's a 3rd way to get up there. Take the barr trail and enjoy a 13 mile hike and let me tell ya, that's no joke. Took me a whole 11 hrs to walk all the way up there.

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yall did a lot for a few days. awesome.

I love CO!

Great video! New subscribers here..... we love Colorado and we love Rocking The Retired Life!

Excellent video

great video brotha

Nice video, well done.

Excellent video! I want to ride the train to the top of pikes peak!

Can't believe you jump there)))

Hopefully Imma check the garden of gods out this time u go ✌️

liked the red rocks

Great video. Didn’t know there are so many cool places in Colorado Springs.

I was thinking about doing the via ferrata next time I'm in CS.

I'm so sad you couldn't see the Cheyenne Mountain zoo! The world's only zoo built into the side of a mountain. Amazing views. And amazing exhibits. I hope you can see it next time. Amazing views, and you can feed and pet real life giraffes!

The Manitou Incline is no joke💪

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Thank you. I love the details you included. (parking, fees, distance, time,) Were you there in July and still that much snow at Pike's Peak?

Been to three of your stops, very educational, thanks for the info. As far as the cliff dwellings, don’t bother. See the real thing in Mesa Verde national park.

Planned to visit and do the incline and go to pikes peak, hike garden of the gods... Got to the area and became suddenly really ill, short of breath, dizzy, headache, bad nausea and couldn't sleep, no appetite. Huge downer!!! So warning to anyone from the flat lands, might wanna book a few days to relax first before starting your adventure. Also that incline looked so steep!! Maybe next time i will have better luck!

You can also hike up Pikes Peak

The Ridge across from the Red Ocks is Dakota/Dinosaur Ridge which is a great hike with a side trail to dinosaur footprints

Moved to Colorado Springs with my family in the 70s experience 3 years of high school there was a great experience in my life. my dad opened up a club called the Latineer club anybody remember that? Went to Harrison HS

I feel your pain on that Helen Hunt falls parking. Our gps took us there too. Luckily there was some guys on bikes that told us where to go. And that road to get there! OMG the views are amazing but it was the scariest drive of my life.

I’ve also climbed the incline

Thanks for the “pro-tip” on Pike’s Peak😀

Cheyenne mountain zoo was awesome as well..Colorado Springs was such a beautiful and clean place to visit..it was so hard to leave after 2 weeks and go back to Louisiana

Need to do Golden and Boulder

Thank you for sharing your video. We're going to be there next week for 5 days. I wonder where I should park ( RV camping) so we don't have to go forth and go back too far to the camping area.

This summer I hiked up pikes peak, it is beautiful, although exhausting

Loved the video. I can't do all the hiking🤷🏾‍♀️🙂. But I plan to go to Pikes Peak in May ... what did you do for the lightheaded-ness? Thanks for sharing.

I'm on year 4, and still haven't done the incline, gotta do it before the snow hits.

more pushups! :)

What a great video!!!! In your opinion how many days does it takes to visit all those places? Thanks 😊

I was stationed at Fort Carson for several years. Seven Falls is kind of overrated. Instead, drive 1:15 south and check out the Royal Gorge Bridge.

Wow how many days were you all there? It seemed you did so much in just 1 day

The air at 14K feet is NOT heavy, it's light (less oxygen). That's why you need to breath heavy because your body/lungs need to adjust to the altitude.

What time of the year did you go? I’m going in June towards the end?

Hello what is the elevation from where your from? I live at an elevation at 3,100ft but am staying in a cabin at 11,000ft and am wondering if I should be concerned about altitude sickness

With Cheyenne Mountain Zoo you want to get there first thing in the morning - the animals are much more active. I hope your train engineer was my friend Dave. He’s a really cool dude with a lot of stories.

Is there bathrooms on the tram?

What month did you all go?

In June there is the Pikes Peak Hillclimb...Cars racing for the best time up Pikes Peak

Where can I book a ticket to ride the train to pikes peak?

How long it takes to see hike and site seeing in Garden of Gods?

Can you please tell us where or what place stay?

Having lived here in Colorado Springs, off and on, for the last 48 years, most of locals know these Anasazi Indian dwellings are B*lls*it. They built them back in the 30's and 40's for tourist dollars. If you want to see real ones, go to south-western Colorado where they have 50-60 of them. They have guided tours led by a park ranger. That's why you are allowed "unsupervised" in the C.S. cliff dwellings because everyone knows they're b.s. Garden of the Gods was a sacred site by local Native American tribes and they would not war against each other, or, build there. Fun fact however, Red Rocks and Garden of the Gods are part of the same rock formation that stretches 100 miles from Denver all the way down to Canon City.

Don't forget the Air Force Academy.

Stumbled upon this video after trying to find more information about Garden of the Gods. Awesome list of stuff to do! One thing that is a little disappointing to me is the lack of national parks in Colorado. Tons of beautiful scenery that should be in the NPS! Oh well at least most of them are free.

red rocks and 7 falls need to go at night

What's your favorite tourist attraction in Colorado Springs?

Ha ha ha ha

Done Please

Seven Falls has lost ALL its charm! All of it. I had been there 3 times before returning last month. Just wow omg they have ruined the experience so much. If u drive up there they turn u around and give u directions to drive to a parking lot so a shuttle can pick u up. U have to drive 15 minutes (that's if no traffic) back into town to a lot.might not seem like a lot, get in your car and drive for 15 minutes. It's a long ways away. In the lot u will see a sign telling u approx how long u have to wait. Ours said 1 hr but fortunately it was just a 50 minute wait. Evidently 1-2 hours is common. Why so long? Bc they have 2 small shuttles and that's it. So already really dumb. Then the shuttle drops u off and u have to walk UP a road for at least 30 minutes before u get to the falls. I had to ask people coming back down to make sure I didn't miss a path somewhere. I had a 2 year old with me. If it was just me I wouldn't mind the walk. But why can't the shuttle just drive u up? There were people on our shuttle that I never saw at the falls, elderly etc... hang with me I'm not even too the part that is so dumb. So they used to light up the falls at night with 7 different colors. The retention pond? next to the restaurant and gift shop was lit up and it all just uses to be full of people enjoying themselves. If they light it up now u would never know it. Why? Bc they usher u out around 6:30ish bc they have to make sure u get back down to catch a return shuttle. Maybe if u hike in there or something u could stay but when I went we were the last ones up by the falls. So ok kind of cool bc we had the place to ourselves but of course everything is closed up and no people so it totally kills the vibe. And of course the falls aren't lit up. If it was waterfalls on a scenic trail than I'd probably prefer to be a alone and enjoy nature. But that's not what this place is or ever has been. It's just not the same, won't b back. At least I can look at my refrigerator magnet I've had forever that shows the beautiful colored lit up falls. Oh and the wait for the shuttle on the way back was 1 hour. Crazy bc like I said we were the last ones to leave so wonder how long those people had been waiting down at the bottom? Had a smile on my face the whole time but inside was just like wtf happened here???everyone knows the best time to visit was always evening so u could experience both the day and night version of the falls. It's in a canyon so it's not like the change took long at all.used to be native american shows and stuff too right next to the base of the falls but of course u get up there now and just nothing. Just too bad all around.

I thought the Manitou springs cave dwellings were replicas

Just don't do the tourist traps they hit you for alot of money,going to pikes peak and seven falls, the cave of the winds, going to Manitou springs,all tourist traps,don't do it save your money

Best thing you can do is leave as soon as possible.

Do NOT walk back down the incline. it's not advised and causes the foot traffic to slow down and get all bunched up.

To bad I live here

Gotta call out the irresponsible climbing in your video because it’s off limits without a permit which can be signed at the visitor center. Hire a guide or know how to rock climb. Don’t be another tourist death or injury. Definitely don’t do what this guy did. Next, no you didn’t come down 7 miles from Barr Camp. Top of the incline is 2.25 miles down Barr. Anything outdoor related, don’t follow this guy or you’ll get hurt. Call a running store, guide service or REI for professional info regarding trails.

colorado springs area is to restricted and not recommended

Less face...more of everything else

Garden of the gods is the most crowded and over rated place in the world.

I live here. It's nice, if you can handle vagrants, drug users/dealers, shitty drivers, tyrant police, and fuckin karens. Other than that you'll find some, very kind and helpful people!

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What I hate about these tour videos that they do is we are here to see the environment. Why do they have the habit of putting themselves on the camera? We do not care for the people😂

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