Tag: incline
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Pikes Peak recreation under Colorado Parks and Wildlife? Coalition has the idea (copy)
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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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Pikes Peak recreation under Colorado Parks and Wildlife? Coalition has the idea
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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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Happy Trails: Barr Camp, a fine halfway or final destination on Pikes Peak trail
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Barr Trail Barr Trail is the most famous footpath in the Pikes Peak region, the premier route to the top of America’s Mountain. Stretching 13 miles to the 14,115-foot summit, the trail is also the site of a widely celebrated marathon a century after it…
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Nothing will stop double-amputee climbing Pikes Peak, family says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mandy Horvath, the Colorado Springs double-amputee who crawled up the Manitou Incline two months ago, made the grueling ascent again Sunday evening. But this time, she wasn’t finished. “We made it. We’re safe. We’re good,”…
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Ongoing procedures cast doubt on Manitou Incline closure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Manitou Incline might not close this summer as anticipated. The process to finalize federal funding to cover the cost of planned construction is ongoing, said Sarah Bryarly, the project organizer with Colorado Springs Parks,…
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Colorado Springs firefighters hike the Manitou Incline to remember those who died on 9/11
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Shortly after 7 a.m. on Thursday, Michael Alvarado and three of his firefighter brethren put on their heavy fire-resistant coats, cinched the straps on their backpacks and placed their helmets on their heads. The small…
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Crossing the Manitou Incline off my Colorado bucket list
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dalton Walker 1, Manitou Incline 0. Yes, I’m keeping score, and it’s a lucky 1. I moved to Manitou Springs in October 2013 to work at The Gazette and on my drive home I would…