Pikes Peak Transformation Project

The Unfound Door • December 3, 2021

Pikes Peak is one of the most visited mountains in the world, and the summit is a National Historic Landmark that has been one of Colorado’s top tourist attractions for decades! During it’s construction, the Summit Complex was the highest ongoing construction project in North America (over 14k feet!), and we had the absolute pleasure of getting to capture it from start to finish!

Back in 2019, we spent a day with the team of GE Johnson documenting a day in a life of the workers who planned, prepared and built this beautiful space. This challenging project created a facility that takes advantage of the inspiring views and natural beauty of Pikes Peak, and that offers a Visitor Center, a Utilities facility and a High-Altitude Research Laboratory. It is an amazing feat for the men and women at GE Johnson to work in those difficult conditions every day at the summit of a high peak. It was not only challenging to get their equipment and resources to the location, it was also hard on their bodies. They were diligent at doing "Stretch & Flex" (morning stretching routine) to prepare their bodies for the hard day of work at that altitude. And the cold!


This July and October we returned to the peak to shoot the continued progress for Concepts in Millwork, EVAC North America, Lyons Sandstone, MAPEI, and GE Johnson. We showed up before sunrise to capture the stunning views, and were able to photograph all major spaces, including the exterior, exterior overlook, main stunning lobby, cafe, museum, and more. We also documented important details like the Pikes Peak Marker!


Many of these companies submitted the images for project awards, and the work they put into this project is certainly worthy of praise.

This project was a labor of love and intention by the City of Colorado Springs, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Colorado Springs Utilities, GE Johnson, and many others, and getting to see it come full circle is truly incredible. We are proud to have photographed this project throughout the last few years with such amazing clients.


Check out the photos below! To view the full image, simply click the photo.


If you would like to purchase these images for download, please send us an email at ely@theunfounddoor.com.

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