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Towing in Colorado Springs, CO, From Monument Hill to Fountain
Stuck in Colorado Springs? Call 1-888-TOW-1213. We lock your price by text, send the nearest available partner tow company and check on you until help arrives.
If anyone is hurt or you're stopped in a live lane, call 911 first.
- Check-ins until help arrives
- Driver card and truck tracking
- Price locked by text
- Photo-protected tow
How it works in Colorado Springs. Sentinel Towing is a network, not a tow company. A vetted local partner in the Colorado Springs area does the job. We stay with you by text and hold them to your locked price. Not in Colorado Springs? Find a tow truck near you.
Tow truck in Colorado Springs
Where Colorado Springs Drivers Get Stuck
Colorado Springs covers more ground than any other city in the state. It sits over a mile high, right where the plains run into the mountains. That mix of long drives, big hills and fast weather changes means a breakdown can happen almost anywhere. These are the main corridors.
- I-25Nearly 18 miles through the city, from south of Academy Boulevard to north of North Gate Boulevard. North of Monument it tops out at Monument Hill, about 7,350 feet up.
- Powers BoulevardState Highway 21, the east side's semi-expressway from Black Forest down to Fountain.
- US 24 and Ute PassWest through Ute Pass toward Woodland Park, and east along Platte Avenue out past Falcon.
- Nevada Avenue and SH 115SH 115 runs north along the western edge of Fort Carson and merges into Nevada Avenue at the city limits.
Wherever you are, call and describe what the car is doing. We text a locked price, then send the nearest available partner. Slid off on a snowy morning? That's a winch-out. Won't crank after a cold night? A jump start. Won't drive at all? A tow to your home or your shop.
Front Range weather
Sunny One Day, Snowing the Next
Weather here swings hard. Chinook winds can warm up a winter day fast, and a cold front can undo it overnight. NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for the Colorado Springs airport show about 38 inches of snow a year and about 157 nights at or below freezing. On about 22 days a year, the high never gets above freezing.
Here's the part that catches people: spring is often the worst of it. March is usually the snowiest month, and most of the city's heaviest one-day snowfalls on record came between March and May. Just when you've taken the ice scraper out of the car, a heavy, wet storm drops on I-25.
- Keep winter gear in the car until May. A blanket, a scraper, water and a phone charger.
- Slid into a ditch on Powers or a side street? Stop spinning the tires. It digs you in deeper. Call for a winch-out.
- Battery quits after a cold night? Don't keep cranking. A jump works best while the battery still has a little charge.
- Heading over Monument Hill or up Ute Pass? Check COtrip, the Colorado Department of Transportation's road conditions site, first.
Colorado law
Colorado's Move-Over Law Covers Stalled Cars, Too
Colorado's rule, C.R.S. 42-4-705, protects more than police and tow trucks. It also covers any stopped car showing its hazard lights. On a road with two or more lanes going the same way, drivers must move at least one lane away from you. If they can't, they must slow down.
The law even spells out what counts as slow enough. Where the limit is under 45 mph, 25 mph or less is presumed safe. Where it's 45 or more, drivers are expected to go 20 mph under the limit.
So the moment you stop, hit your hazards. Then stay in the car with your belt on while you wait. Your partner truck gets the same protection when it pulls in with its yellow lights flashing.
Areas we cover around Colorado Springs
Neighborhoods and Towns We Cover
Inside the city, we cover downtown, Old Colorado City, the Broadmoor area and the east side along Powers. Just outside the city, we cover Manitou Springs, Cimarron Hills, Stratmoor, Security-Widefield, Fountain, Black Forest, Falcon and Monument. Up Ute Pass in Woodland Park, or high on Monument Hill in a storm, it depends on partner reach that day. We'll tell you before we book anything.
Colorado Springs questions
What People in Colorado Springs Ask
I slid off the road in a spring storm. Do I need a tow or a winch-out?
If the car is close to the road and not damaged, a winch-out pulls it back onto solid ground so you can drive away. If it hit something or won't drive after, you need a tow. We text you the price for either before a partner heads out.
Can you get to me on I-25 over Monument Hill during a storm?
If the road is open, a partner may be able to reach you, but storms can slow everyone down. Stay in the car, keep your hazards on and call. We check on you by text until the truck arrives, so you're not left guessing.
Do you tow cars up Ute Pass to Woodland Park?
Sometimes. It depends on where the car is going and whether a partner can make the trip. Ask on the call. You'll get a yes or no, and a price, before anything happens.
Will my family know where I am?
If you want them to. Give us one number, and we text them your location and when the truck should arrive. You can also track the truck yourself. See every part of the Stay-With-You Promise.
Roadside help in Colorado Springs, CO
Tow Truck and Roadside Services in Colorado Springs
Sentinel is a 24-hour towing and roadside assistance network for Colorado Springs drivers. Tell us what happened, and we send a vetted local towing company near you with a truck suited to the job: a tow truck for a car that can't be driven (a flatbed where the vehicle needs one, like many all-wheel-drive cars), or a service truck for a jump start, lockout, flat tire, fuel delivery or winch-out.
Car towing
Cars, SUVs, minivans and light pickups. Price locked by text, photos before hookup.
Car towing
Jump starts
Clicks, dim dash lights or nothing at all? A dead battery jump, day or night.
Jump starts
Car lockouts
Keys locked inside, on the seat or in the trunk. A partner works to get you back in without damage.
Car lockouts
Flat tire changes
Got a spare but no safe way to put it on? A partner swaps it for you.
Flat tire changes
Fuel delivery
Ran out of gas? Enough fuel to get you to the nearest station.
Fuel delivery
Winch-outs
Stuck in snow, mud or a shallow ditch near the road? A partner can usually pull you out.
Winch-outsThe Sentinel Stay-With-You Promise
Seven Promises on Every Colorado Springs Call
Read the fine print on the promise page.
We stay with you. From your call until the truck arrives, we check on you by text.
See your driver before they arrive. You get their name, photo and truck by text, and you can track your truck on a map.
Your family knows too. Give us one number, and we text them your location and arrival time.
Photo-protected tow. Before hookup, your driver photographs all 4 sides of your vehicle. We text you the photos.
Price locked by text. You get your price by text before we dispatch. That price is the most you pay for the job. If the job changes, we text a new price first and you decide.
Never stranded after. Ride along in the truck when it's safe and allowed, or we help you get a ride. We also point you to a good repair shop.
Free Sentinel Circle. After your first job, your vehicle is on file. Next time, just text "TOW" for priority dispatch.
How it works
From Your Call to Your Driver
- 01You call
Our 24/7 line answers
Call 1-888-TOW-1213. Tell us where you are, what you drive and what went wrong.
- 02We lock it in
Your price, by text
We text your price before anyone is sent. That's the most you'll pay for the job you described.
- 03A partner accepts
The nearest truck takes it
The nearest available partner tow company accepts your job. They're vetted for insurance and licensing.
- 04You see who's coming
Driver card and tracking
You get your driver's name, photo and truck, plus a link to track your truck. We check in until they arrive.
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Stuck in Colorado Springs? Call and We'll Stay With You.
Our line answers 24/7. Your price is locked by text before we send anyone.