You can visit the Pikes Peak area two years in a row, and nature will put on a unique display each time because wildflowers follow their own schedules. Whether a species is a perennial (returning yearly) or a biennial (blooming every other year), the Pikes Peak flower...
Pikes Peak, America’s Mountain. After disembarking from our custom-built tour vehicle. The vastness of the scene left me dizzy. To the east, the Great Plains stretch into infinity; to the west, the jagged teeth of the Continental Divide pierce the horizon. I have...
Fall has its perks, but spring is truly special. With the trees still bare, it’s prime time for spotting Great Horned owlets peeking out from hollow trunks or rocky ledges. Migrating Bald Eagles are easy to track against the drab winter palette, and even the hawks...
When you stand at the base of a 300-foot towering sandstone fin, the sheer scale of the Garden of the Gods hits you all at once. The geology alone—sculpted by the raw forces of nature over 300 million years—is enough to steal your breath. But at Adventures Out West,...
Forget the cookie-cutter wooden towers and flat forest glides. In the rugged shadows of Pikes Peak, Adventures Out West (AOW) decided to tear up the traditional blueprint. By trading artificial poles for ancient granite and replacing “rides” with...
The Wellens Family loved inviting their family and friends on thrilling visits through the Pikes Peak region. So it was a natural fit when they decided to start Adventures Out West in 1973 with one CJ Jeep and one balloon. Fast forward to 2026, Greg Wellens, one of...
