The Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center

Standing at 14,115 feet above sea level, Pikes Peak is home to majestic views, a
National Historic Landmark, more than a half a million visitors per year, and for the
past three years, the highest construction site in North America. The $60 million,
38,000-square-feet visitor center, Pikes Peak Summit Complex, opened in June
2021 and is a popular tourist attraction to visitors near and far.
Clad in material similar to Pikes Peak granite and designed for visitors to take in
its surrounding beauty, richness and scenery, this two-building campus features a
visitor’s center with dining and rooftop terraces, a utility facility, and a high-altitude
research and communications center. It has multiple observation decks offering
sweeping views and features interpretive outdoor exhibits and digitally interactive
displays on the history, significance and geology of Pikes Peak.
The center features a Drexel Metals 22-gauge DMC 200S, 2” mechanically seamed
Corten steel standing seam metal roof with S-5! ColorGard® snow retention.

LOCATION

Colorado Springs , CO, United States of America

CONTRACTOR

GE Johnson Construction, Weathercraft Company of Colorado Springs

SIZE

Roof Measurements: 61 squares over the lobby and a portion of the main building Roof Slope: 1:12; 16-foot elevation on the north; 40 foot on the south