Priscilla Clayton, left, laughs with another hiker from the AdAmAn hiking club while climbing the Pikes Peak Toll Road during the club's annual trek to the summit of America's Mountain on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)
The annual AdAmAn hiking club’s climb up Pikes Peak on New Year’s Eve looked a little different this year due to COVID-19 safety precautions, switching up a tradition that is nearly 100 years old, and turning a normally two-day trip into a single-day trek. Instead of one large group of hikers making a two day trip, with a layover night at the Barr Camp cabin, there were two smaller groups of hikers taking different one-day routes up to the summit. The first group of hikers left the Barr Trail trailhead shortly after 5:15 a.m., and the second group of hikers departed from the Glen Cove parking area at 9:30 a.m.
Priscilla Clayton, left, laughs with another hiker from the AdAmAn hiking club while climbing the Pikes Peak Toll Road during the club’s annual trek to the summit of America’s Mountain on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Priscilla Clayton, with the AdAmAn hiking club, cuts through a small section of sunlight during the club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Members and guest from the AdAmAn hiking club walk the Pikes Peak Toll Road during the club’s annual hike to the top of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Timmy Deleruyelle, a guest with the AdAmAn hiking club, makes his way up the Pikes Peak Toll Road during the club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A hiker from the AdAmAn hiking club leaves the Barr trail parking lot at 4:50 a.m. before the start of the hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)David Artusi, with the AdAmAn hiking club, prepares to leave the Barr Trail parking lot and start the hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Britt Jones, from the AdAmAn hiking club, leaves the Barr trail parking lot at 4:50 a.m. before the start of the hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Jessica Stuart listens to some words of advice from another hiker before the group leaves the Barr trail parking lot and starts their hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Luke Stark listens to another hiker give some words of encouragement in the Barr Trail parking lot before the start of the AdAmAn hiking club’s hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A hiker with the AdAmAn hiking club leaves the Barr trail parking lot at 4:50 a.m. before the start of the hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Mack Sommers, a guest hiker with the AdAmAn hiking club, takes one last drink of Gatorade before leaving the Barr trail parking at 5 a.m. and starting the hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)The moon lights up a thin layer of clouds above the Barr trail parking lot before the start of the AdAmAn hiking club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Mack Sommers makes his way to the Barr Trail trailhead before the start of the hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Jessica Stuart makes her way up Barr Trail from the while hiking with the AdAmAn hiking club on their annual trek to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Lights from hikers in the AdAmAn hiking club flash the camera at the start of the hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Members and guest of the AdAmAn hiking club prepare to drive up to the Glen Cove parking lot on Pikes Peak before the group’s hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Dan Stuart, the president of the AdAmAn hiking club, briefs members and guests on the day’s plan before the club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Timmy Deleruyelle, left, and Jack Donley, right, share a laugh before the AdAmAn hiking club makes the annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Hikers and guests from the AdAmAn hiking club prepare to leave the Glen Cove parking lot before the club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Hikers and guests from the AdAmAn hiking club take a team picture and prepare to leave the Glen Cove parking lot before the club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Hikers and guests from the AdAmAn hiking club make their way along the Pikes Peak Toll Road to the summit summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Snow and ice cover a section of the Pikes Peak Toll Road during the AdAmAn hiking club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, part of the club’s hikers completed the trek along the toll road, with special permission from the mountain’s officials. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A hiker from the AdAmAn hiking club walks along the Pikes Peak Toll Road during the group’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Members and guest from the AdAmAn hiking club round a turn on the Pikes Peak Toll Road, with the namesake of the mountain in the background, during the club’s annual hike to the top of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Emerson Killion, left, helps John Graham, with the AdAmAn hiking club, take off a helmet camera during the club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A lone dead tree stands out among the forest along the Pikes Peak Toll Road as members from the AdAmAn hiking club make their way to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. Blue skies, windless conditions and temperatures in the 20s greeted the hikers making their way to the top of America’s Mountain. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A guest hiker with the AdAmAn hiking club puts on a pair of ice cleats at the Barr trail parking lot at 4:50 a.m. before the start of the hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Emerson Killion, with fogged up glasses, takes a quick break from preparing to follow and film the AdAmAn hiking club before their annual trek to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Windless conditions and a sunny sky look down on Pikes Peak before the AdAmAn hiking club’s annual hike to the summit of the mountain on Dec. 31, 2020. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Priscilla Clayton laughs while taking a video of John Graham, with the AdAmAn hiking club, during the club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Dan Stuart, the president of the AdAmAn hiking club, watches Timmy Deleruyelle survey the rest of the Front Range from the side of the Pikes Peak Toll Road during the club’s annual hike to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Bobby White, left, and John Graham, stop for a minute and chat while hiking with the AdAmAn hiking club during the annual trek to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A Pikes Peak mountain official blocks traffic on the upper half of the toll road as the AdAmAn hiking club makes its way to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A hiker from the AdAmAn hiking club works their way toward to the summit of Pikes Peak on Dec. 31, 2020. This year, the club had to hike in smaller and separate groups to allow for COVID-19 safety precautions, eliminating their annual overnight stay at the Barr Camp cabin with only a fraction of the members and guests completing the hike. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)
