While cakes are perhaps more traditional, visitors celebrating Colorado’s 150th birthday on Pikes Peak this summer will mark the milestone with doughnuts instead — perhaps a record-breaking number of doughnuts dunked in coffee simultaneously.

“We are going to attempt a Guinness World Record on Aug. 1,” said Sarah Braun, the city of Colorado Springs’ interim manager of Pikes Peak-America’s Mountain.

Pikes Peak hopes to attract 250 attendees who will all simultaneously dunk their doughnuts in coffee to break the record, she said.

“We thought it would be a fun way to celebrate the day,” she said. It also does not require those who participate to eat the doughnuts if they aren’t so inclined or happen to have an allergy, so participation can be more inclusive.

Last summer, the Tesla Owners Group of Denver went after an equally entertaining record — the highest vehicle light show ever performed.

But this year’s celebration will be coordinated with events marking Colorado’s 150th anniversary and the nation’s 250th anniversary, all expected to draw in visitors, tourism professionals across Colorado Springs said.

On Pikes Peak, managers are instituting sunset viewing during the summer for the first time on July 4 and Aug. 1, Braun said. On those dates, ticket holders can stay one hour after sunset to take in the stunning views.

“We recommend making your reservation as early as possible,” she said.

The city is also planning more opportunities to see the mountain at sunrise, with two dates in July, two in August, one in September and one in October.

The mountain is also changing its timed entry reservations to drive the highway this summer from a two-hour window for drivers to arrive to a one-hour window, to help drivers move through the gate faster.

Pikes Peak requires timed entry permits starting May 22 through Sept. 30. Daily shuttle service also starts on May 22 and runs through Aug. 9. It will then shift to weekend and Labor Day service through September.

Timed entry and the shuttle help manage peak visitation on the mountain.

Last year, between April and September, the mountain drew 310,000 visitors, Braun said. Most of those folks come for the views, according to survey data, she said.

“On clear blue days like today, they can see for miles and miles,” she said on Friday. At times, when it’s gloomy in Colorado Springs, the sun is shining on the mountain.

The mild winter allowed the mountain to stay open on more days from January through March, boosting visitation up to 31,000, up from about 27,000 the previous year, Braun said.

The conditions allowed Pikes Peak Highway to stay open to the summit about half of January and nearly all of March, she said. Typically, the mountain sees heavy wet snow throughout March.

The staff has been thankful for a number of late-season storms that have brought much-needed moisture to the mountain, she said.

More info about the attempt to break the Guinness World Record will be released later in the year. To purchase tickets to drive the highway, visit drivepikespeak.com.