Work could begin soon on the construction of a new golf course in Colorado, uniquely situated 14,000 feet up on the famous Pikes Peak.
The project belongs to the City of Colorado Springs and will include the already-built Pikes Peak Summit Complex, a structure that will serve as the new 9-hole course’s club house.
In a statement, Mayor John Suthers said the new course will provide only the most recent example of “how tourists and residents alike can experience our purple mountain majesty.”
The project has been studied for months, with city officials working with altitude and oxygenation experts on an appropriate layout for the new course. Ultimately, it was decided that because of the challenges of playing at such heights, the course should not be a traditional 18 holes in order to curtail the amount of time at that level.
A release issued by the city reveals that some 36 tons of Pikes Peak granite will be used in the building of the course’s sand traps.
Pikes Peak is the highest mountain summit of the Rocky Mountains, located some 12 miles to the west of Colorado Springs.
By Garry Boulard
