Manitou Incline / Manitou Springs

Yesterday, we saw the Manitou Incline and decided to give it a shot before leaving town. We walked about 1.25 miles from town to get warmed up. We then started up the former incline bed, with the very irregular shaped railroad ties as steps.

There are 2768 steps that take you up over 2000 feet in elevation in less than a mile, taking you from 6500 ft to 8500 ft elevation. Part of what makes this difficult for us low-landers is the elevation. While we weren't speedy, we completed it in roughly 90 minutes. Our son, Jason, had done it this spring in less than half the time it took us.

After completing the summit, we returned via a 3 mile downhill trail.

https://www.pikes-peak.com/manitou-incline-hike…

Oh, and this hike was done in the rain in 50 deg weather. The weather was actually a plus, kept is cool. We found a Laundromat to dry our clothes while we had a beer and food at the Manitou brewery.

We then started our drive to Lathrop State Park, with a stop at the crafty canary brewery (it was raining). Tomorrow we will visit Great Sand dunes MP.Okumaya devam et