Mt. Elbert Shuttle Lot Airport Remote Parking

When I go to the airport, I always try to park in the economy lot. It’s so nice to be able to park and WALK to the terminal, even if it’s cold. Beats waiting for a shuttle! BUT when I got on longer trips, it’s usually here that I park, for price reasons.
The shuttles are frequent and the parking is well laid out and pretty easy to remember where you are, but here’s the thing… like DIA itself, this place is way, WAY out there. Like, driving off of Pena Boulevard for what feels like almost 20 minutes out there. That means you have to plan a lot of time just to get out to the lot, on top of the time you may have to wait for a shuttle, and the time you wait to get to the terminal.
Given how far away this place is and how much of a pain it can be to get to, I only use it if I really have to.

Went to the airport pick-​up. A Mt. Elbert bus pulled up just as I arrived. I thought maybe I was blessed by some travel God, and looked forward to hopping in my own car very soon…
Silly me! The driver was ending his shift for the night and assured me another shuttle was on it’s way. 40 minutes later, after standing in 25 degree weather, I called customer service. They assured me there is a traffic delay on Pena, and I ask them why I have seen no fewer than 4 Pike’s Peak shuttles if that’s the case. They tell me the signs on the busses must be wrong, even though at least one of the other cold and annoyed passengers has asked every time one of the busses had arrived.
Which brings us to present… A Pike’s Peak driver agreed to drop us at Elbert after doing his rounds at Pike’s. Yippee! I get to drive slowly through two parking lots tonight instead of one. It really is a holiday present directly from Jesus.
Mt. Elbert, I hope your stocking is full of coal.

We were stuck in this lot trying to get out for over 30 minutes because their payment systems were down. Rather than just let us out, they held about 30 cars at a standstill and then still charged us full price for the parking after we waited all this time. We will not be using this lot again.

You’re going to think you’re going down a dark, single-​lane road straight out of a horror movie… and you will be. But, about 20 minutes out from the airport, you will arrive at a parking oasis in the middle of nowhere. Plenty of parking and the shuttles come around often.

Best transit option in my opinion. Beats taking public transit and it’s only $ 8 a day! The shuttle was crowded, but a quick ride to the airport. Painless pickup on the way back as well. Now if only we’d remembered where we’d parked…

I don’t understand why this business only has so little stars. I personally like it. Definitely give yourself plenty of time as you would having to park somewhere other than the airport parking (which costs more for convenience)
I’d recommend 2 hours prior to your flight would be just enough. There’s plenty of parking unlike Pike’s Peak where you literally have to snake through the parking lot to get a spot. Plus, it’s not as big. So the buss doesn’t h

Parking at the Airport is one of my least favorite things to do. These days, I usually park at Pikes Peak if I have enough time, it saves me some cash since the Economy lot is at least $ 3 more per day and forget the parking garage at $ 20 something per day.
On this crazy day the East Economy lot and Pikes Peak were both at capacity. I had no idea this could even happen, where did all these cars come from? The signs routed me to the Mt. Elbert parking lot. I had heard of Mt. Elbert before since the prices are comparable to Pikes Peak. What I didn’t know is how far off Pena Blvd. this place was. I felt like I was driving to another country until I finally saw the almost empty lot. Clearly this is not the lot most people choose and the only reason all the people were there was because the other lots were full.
The parking lot is large and well organized. The timing of the shuttle was convenient and I only had to wait a few minutes for pick up. As far as remote parking lots go Mt. Elbert is adequate, the only problem for me is the distance from Pena Blvd. and distance from the Airport. I would still choose Pikes Peak over Mt. Elbert each time.

I wouldn’t choose to park here over some of the closer lots, but we came to DIA on busy Labor Day weekend so all the other lots were full.
This wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be though. We caught a shuttle right away both times coming and going. It’s only $ 8 a day verses $ 11 at the airport. You just have to plan on needing a little more time to catch your flight because it will take longer. Maybe 15 minutes or so.
All in all, we were satisfied.

The best thing about the Mt Elbert parking lot is that it is better than having no airport parking at all. This lot only opens when the Pikes Peak remote parking lot is filled up. I had the pleasure of parking here recently during over the Christmas holiday. While in the end everything worked out, it can be an exasperating experience.
First off, the lot is several miles off the main road (Pena Blvd). It seems like you are driving into some remote hinterland to get there. If you didn’t allow for extra time you could be in a panic. Upon arrival there were plenty of people to direct us to an open parking spot. But then we felt rushed to catch the jammed-​packed, stifling hot shuttle bus that was waiting for us. We got to the terminal in about 15 minutes.
Upon return we easily found the shuttle back to Mt Elbert lot, but this is where it got kinda weird. It was dark, very cold, and it was hard to figure out where to get off the shuttle, The parking lot sign numbers were very hard to see through the dirty bus window and the signs with numbers are white on a light orange background. Was that row 2 or 4? Who knows? One by one everyone had to give the bus driver their lot # and he dropped us off as close to our cars as he could figure out. It seemed to take forever.
Upon exiting it got real frustrating. The little booth where you pay someone for parking was closed and the only option to pay was an exit that had a credit card machine. What if I wanted to pay cash? Guess what anyway? It wouldn’t take my credit card. And the little button you can push to cancel the transaction was broken off. I had to call someone on a intercom to get help. I’m not sure where he came from but he came over to my car pretty fast. It then took us at least 10 minutes of fiddling with the parking lot ticket and my credit card to get the transaction to go through. That’s no fun when you want to get home. And if anyone had to go to the bathroom out there, get a jump start, or just couldn’t find their car — well — they may still be wandering around out there until the lot opens again on some busy holiday weekend. Happy parking!