Tag: incline
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Manitou Springs considers new billing for emergency services
The Manitou Springs City Council on Tuesday explored the possibility of expanding its billing for emergency services that previously went without reimbursement. Currently, the fire department bills through liability insurance to cover costs for services such as ambulance rides. Some of the city’s 30 to 40 traffic accidents per year involve more specialized equipment that…
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LETTERS: For what its’s worth; what is an illegal order?
A few thoughts for ‘What it’s worth’ For what it’s worth, the right of way on a roundabout / rotary is to the vehicle already engaged in the roundabout. There are yield signs present that should be obvious communication to all. As my sister would probably pronounce: “hello!, read the signs.” For what it’s worth,…
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Pikes Peak recreation under Colorado Parks and Wildlife? Coalition has the idea
Don’t call it Pikes Peak State Park. A regional collaboration has arrived at an idea years in the making: for recreation on America’s Mountain — largely U.S. Forest Service turf spotted with other governmental and commercial interests — to be managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. But the idea through the state-funded Outdoor Pikes Peak…
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Join the Gazette’s Jon Mitchell on a hike up the Manitou Incline
Join Gazette lead editor Jon Mitchell for a hike up the Manitou Incline in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Manitou Incline draws thousands of people every year who are up for the challenge of reaching the top of this popular but challenging hike that climbs over 2,000 vertical feet in less than a mile. (Video by…
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LIFE | Man hikes Manitou Incline in dinosaur costume
Buena Vista native Tayte Pollmann hiked the Manitou Incline in Manitou Springs, Colo. in a blowup Tyrannosaurus rex costume.
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LIFE | Downhilling the Manitou Incline
Bob Stuka, aka Crazy Bob, claims to hold the record for the fastest downhill of the Manitou Incline, with a time of 7 minutes, 35 seconds. He, like others, laps the Incline every morning, often anywhere between two to four times. (Video courtesy Bob Stuka.)
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HAPPY TRAILS | Incline Challenge in Parker
Sights and sounds from the Rueter-Hess Incline Challenge in Parker, Colorado. (Video by Seth Boster)
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PHOTOS: 2020 in Review by Christian Murdock
I’ll never forget 2020. As a veteran photojournalist I’ve covered fires, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters. You can see the dangers involved with them. COVID-19 was different. You couldn’t see the danger, only the damage from the virus. The lives and jobs lost. I also saw the good in people through difficult times. The…
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Remembering 9/11
Firefighters with the Cheyenne Mountain and Peterson Air Force Base Fire Departments hiked to the top of the Manitou Incline in full gear in remembrance of 9/11. (Katie Klann/The Gazette)