When the winds blow near Pikes Peak, watch out! High winds toppled five RVs at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Winds toppled five RVs – one injured
The gusty mishaps blasted RVers on Monday when winds pushing nearly 100 miles per hour blew through the high mountain park. One RVer was hurt, but thankfully there were no deaths. Park staff reports some infrastructure damage in terms of water and electrical problems at some sites.
Apparently, the winds didn’t play favorites with the RVs they chose to blow over. Of the photos we were able to obtain, it appears that at least one motorhome and several towables rolled over.
Park staff took it in stride. By Tuesday they were in the process of cleaning up, and all sites but damaged ones were open to the public. They did caution would-be visitors to watch out for downed trees.
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Yes! We were at Cheyenne Mtn SP on Sunday night – but in a different campground loop – it was a little more protected. But our trailer (27 ft VentureRV Sonic) was rocking. At one point the wind lifted the camp side enough that the leveling blocks blew out from under the stabilizer jacks! Fortunately no serious damage and no injuries. But quite the experience!
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Yikes! Thank goodness you made it through without overturning! 🙏🙂
Thank you, Russ and Tina! 🙂 Wow! That is a remarkably strong wind. 😯 Very thankful no one died, 🙂 but sorry that one was injured. 🙁 Hopefully all RVs were insured if totaled and repaired soon if not totaled. Thanks again and safe travels! 🙂
We had the same winds in Denver from Sunday through this morning. And Boulder and Golden also had 100 mph gusts.
BTW, Cheyenne Mountain State Park is at only 6,300 ft, the same elevation as Colorado Springs. So, it is not a “high mountain park” but almost a city park campground for visitors to Colorado Springs. It was a great place to camp for Colorado Springs Balloon Festival over Labor Day weekend! From the campground, we could see the city park where they launched and all the balloons in the air as they floated away.
We’re here in Spearfish, SD…. we had gusts up to 70 (according to weather/news) and we were really worried. I really hope everyone is okay and well insured.
I am an Air Force Academy graduate (class of 78). The wind would blow so hard that it moved the walls, which in turn, scooted the desks on the floor that were against that wall. Back in the 70s, they removed the big center window in each bedroom that faced the mountain range and replaced it with a black plastic window (not transparent) because the wind shattered the windows. In subsequent years a new stronger glass replaced the plastic windows.
Colorado Visitor: Does the wind always blow this way?
Colorado Resident: No, sometime is blows the other way.