Printed on this undated postcard: “Mt. Manitou Park, Manitou, Colo. / A thousand acre park on top of Mt. Manitou, 9,500 feet above sea level. / Ten thousand square miles of scenery within the range of vision.” Completed in 1907, the Incline was a 1 mile cable tram built to support the construction of a hydroelectric plant. The railway was then bought and turned into an attraction. The Incline boasted a 16 minute ride to “scenic splendors,” 10 miles of hiking trails in Mount Manitou Park and claimed to be the “longest and highest incline on the globe.”
Mayall Photograph Collection,
Courtesy of Eric Swab
Stan Payne Collection, Pikes Peak Library District
Data show hiking down on Manitou Incline one year into reservation system
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Click before you climb; Incline reservations now permanent
he reservation system on The Incline will not be going away.
and last updated 2021-07-23 20:53:24-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â The reservation system on The Incline will not be going away. It started as a temporary measure to thin crowds during the pandemic, when city leaders in Manitou Springs said it was not safe. Underlying concern of there s was the amount of people that were using the incline, said Kurt Schroeder with Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. The pandemic is easing, but new negotiations make reservations permanent
Traffic and parking congestion are on-going issues in Manitou. Locals complain, The Incline pushes it into the neighborhoods. We have this really cool amenity in somebody s backyard, said Schroeder. Keeping locals happy is absolutely part of making the reservation requirement permanent.
Data show hiking down on Manitou Incline one year into reservation system
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