Things to Do in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Things To Do Guide
Situated at the edge of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado Springs is a mecca for outdoor sports enthusiasts. With a thriving cultural scene and a range of historical sites, the city has more to offer than just skiing and hiking. There is rarely a shortage of festivals or community events in Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs was an important stopping point for miners who were headed to the gold mines at Pikes Peak and Cripple Creek. For people who are interested in the region's gold mining history, the Ghost Town Museum provides an interactive look at the Old West. The museum has replicated the buildings and trappings of a historic town inside a large building, so people can investigate the site year round. Admission includes access to interactive exhibits, such as a working butter churn, and allows people to try gold panning.
The U.S. Air Force has an established presence in Colorado Springs, and uniformed officers are a regular sight around town. Residents who are looking for stuff to do in Colorado Springs can tour the U.S. Air Force Academy to get a taste of the military experience. From the welcome center, people can walk through the grounds and check out the distinctive Cadet Chapel or the Honor Court. On Sundays, members of the public can attend religious services at the chapel when it is not closed for private events.
The climate is temperate in Colorado Springs, and it is sunny year round. The weather and natural surroundings allow a variety of outdoor activities in Colorado Springs. For people who aren't interested in adrenaline-inducing adventure sports, the area includes plenty of attractions that are physically demanding without being dangerous. At the Garden of the Gods, the various hiking trails and red rock views are accessible to people of all ages and abilities. The park is free to enter and is least crowded in the early mornings.
Whether people are looking for an exciting outdoor adventure or a calm afternoon learning about the city's history, there is no shortage of things to do in Colorado Springs.
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Paintball International Atlanta
- Multiple Locations
Equipped with rental paintball guns and masks, groups vie for supremacy over outdoor fields
Allstar Paintball
- Downtown Colorado Springs
Participants blast opponents with Tippmann 98 paintball gun during refereed contests held on either indoor or outdoor fields
Color in Motion 5k
Runners in white are playfully pelted with safe, biodegradable color powder that turns their clothes purple, blue, and yellow
Sun Pilates
- Downtown Colorado Springs
Body barre’s low-impact blend of Pilates and ballet tones and lengthens muscle; mat Pilates strengthens core with floor exercises
Sertich Ice Center
- Memorial Park
Ice-skating admission and skate rental at an indoor NHL-size ice rink named Best Ice Rink by the Colorado Springs Gazette 4 years in a row
Colorado Academy of Music and Dance
- Colorado Springs
Choose from any kids' or adult group class, such as ballet, tap, jazz, or Brazilian capoeira
Valley Hi Golf Course
- Park Hill
PGA or LPGA experts hone golfing skills in classes with 1:8 instructor-student ratios or let golfers fly solo with range balls
Unicorn Balloon Company
- Manitou Springs
Ziplines soar over lush canyons during adrenaline-fueled excursions with provided full-body harnesses and water
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Rocky Mountain Batting Cages challenges softball and baseball lumber-luggers with six batting cages that use four semiautomatic fast- and slow-pitching machines. Once inside the cage with a free helmet and bat, batters set themselves in the new turf of the batter's box, simulating on-field experience with pre-at-bat rituals such as tightening gloves, loosening shoulders, or singing the refrain from "U Can't Touch This." For ace hurlers and infield clamberers, throwing tunnels and two pitching mounds make for a spot to hone in on an unhittable knuckleball. Rocky Mountain Batting Cages uses video analysis equipment and MotionPro! software to crunch cage-culled data and dispense digital feedback on swing technique and pitch fluidity.
Color Me Mine puts paintbrushes and pottery in the mitts of customers old and young. Budding Toyozo Arakawas will follow six easy steps to craft beautifully painted ceramics, first choosing a ceramic piece (most cost between $10 and $70) from Color Me Mine's selection of hundreds of seasonally changing items. After charting out the desired design from imaginative imagination, painters will select an underglaze from Color Me Mine's cast of more than 50 colors, then apply paint with the focus of a peregrine falcon occupied by a Rockwellian spirit. Color Me Mine handles all kiln-firing work, allowing clients to take home their final products within three to five days. A studio fee of $6 for children (12 and under) and $10 for adults covers all paints, supplies, glazing, and firing.
Laser Quest's mazelike, multi-level arena lets up to 39 players weave through the clouded fog with the grace of a skydiving basket-maker—taking cover behind barriers, swooping around corners, and raining beam-bolts down from the upper decks. Players can compete either as friendly teams or as lone wolves. Once they are surrounded by intense crossfire rarely seen outside of stormtrooper raves, players must use strategy, stamina, and well-timed hand-mirror shields to defeat the opposition.
Between bowling, bumper cars, climbing walls, and video games, iT'Z Family Food & Fun has all the favorite indoor activities covered. Varied attractions keep kids and adults entertained all day long, and the bodacious all-you-can-eat buffet means never having to say you’re hungry.
The 2,000-square-foot laser-tag arena at Shotz Lazer Tag & Billiards swallows up to 24 players in its black-lit barricades, spitting them out for tests of manual dexterity in the arcade and at pool tables. During games of tag, laser beams slice though a shroud of fog and hearts race in time to pumping music. The staff not only explains the rules of laser tag and equips players with gear, but periodically reconfigures the terrain to prevent frequent visitors from gaining a home-field advantage. Marksmen receive scorecards documenting the number of shots fired, their accuracy, and the location of any stains on their shirt after emerging from the black light. Nearby, the arcade rings with electronic yelps emitted by the gaming machines, and the crack of cue balls echoes over the felt of 9-foot Gold Crown pool tables.
