Tag: manitou incline
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VIDEO | Hikers climb Manitou Incline in protest of closure
More than 100 people came together in Manitou Springs on Saturday morning to protest the city’s Incline trail closure. The Manitou Incline has been closed since March 17 because of concerns over the coronavirus. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Greg Cummings’ record Manitou Incline ascent
Greg Cummings, 62, living with Type 1 diabetes, climbed the Manitou Incline on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, for a record 1,720th time in a calendar year. (Video by Seth Boster, The Gazette)
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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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Nothing will stop double-amputee climbing Pikes Peak, family says
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,” the smiling University of Colorado at Colorado Springs student said in a video she posted to Facebook at 8:38 p.m.,…
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Parking business booming for Manitou Incline friendly neighbor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At 8:30 a.m. on a cloudy Tuesday, business is booming for Brian Ratterree. One after another, he greets people bound for the Manitou Incline, people who have filled the lot here at the Iron Springs…
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Parking business booming for Manitou Incline friendly neighbor
At 8:30 a.m. on a cloudy Tuesday, business is booming for Brian Ratterree. One after another, he greets people bound for the Manitou Incline, people who have filled the lot here at the Iron Springs Chateau, across the street from one of the region’s most in-demand trails. The stair stepper stretching a mile up the…
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Ongoing procedures cast doubt on Manitou Incline closure
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, Recreation and Cultural Services. She said paperwork still was cycling through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which…
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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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Is the Manitou Incline uphill only? Well, yes and no
Manitou Springs’ beloved Stairmaster, the mile-long Incline, is for going up, not down, El Paso County Search and Rescue stressed forcefully Thursday, hours after rescuing an injured descending climber. In a Facebook post, the rescue agency asked regular hikers of the Manitou Incline to pass on the word: “the Incline is for UPHILL traffic only.…