Tag: Manitou Incline
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Manitou Incline set to temporarily shut down later this month during city project
According to an announcement from Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services, the City of Manitou Springs will be closing the Manitou Incline for the entire day on October 15. The reason for the closure is a crucial waterline repair that’s set to take place, with Ruxton Avenue closing, as well. “We know how much…
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Shuttles return to Rainbow Falls this summer as officials consider expanding Creek Walk for access
Shuttles are running again to a scenic waterfall west of Colorado Springs while officials continue to mull the future of access. Site-managing El Paso County recently announced the seasonal opening of Rainbow Falls. It’s an officially designated historic site with a recent history of various concerns, notably graffiti across the waterfall’s enveloping rock walls at…
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Colorado Springs woman to become first double amputee on ‘Naked and Afraid’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs’ Mandy Horvath will make history on season 18 of “Naked and Afraid” as the show’s first double amputee. Horvath, who lost her legs about a decade ago in an accident, will try to…
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A dive into vaunted speed records across Colorado’s outdoors
Joseph DeMoor has a confession to make. He knows it sounds silly, but he likes to see his name listed on the first page of fastestknowntime.com/athletes. There are, at last check, 487 pages you could scroll through — names listed with their number of fastest known times, or FKTs, as the rather obscure records are…
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Manitou Incline restraining order dismissed, but worries remain
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An El Paso County judge has dismissed a restraining order filed by one Manitou Incline hiker against another. Early this spring, Noelia Sanchez had been granted a temporary restraining order over claims of verbal and physical abuse and stalking by Chasidey Geissler. Sanchez has been among a surge of regulars pushing the limits on the…
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Stabbing near Manitou Incline investigated, suspect held on $1 million bond
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A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing near the base of the Manitou Incline, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement received reports of the assault in the parking lot at Barr Trail around 7:40 p.m. Monday. The victim, 60-year-old Eric Snay, was found with more than 15 stab…
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‘Epic Incline’ joins adventure-themed residential development in Colorado
One way to sell a place to live and play? With a miniature version of the Manitou Incline. A smaller set of vertical, wooden stairs in the likeness of the Pikes Peak region’s super popular lung-buster has appeared on a Cañon City hillside. That’s property of Ty Seufer, the longtime local who has spent years…
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Manitou Incline harassment claims move to court as woman ‘fearing for her life’ seeks permanent protection order
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Allegations of stalking and harassment on the Manitou Incline carried into a 4th Judicial District courtroom Monday as one woman sought to make a temporary protective order permanent. Noelia Sanchez, a hiker who recently set a goal of completing 500 laps on the popular but…
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Restraining orders, claims of cheating, jealousy, cults: What is going on at the Manitou Incline?
The allegations: harassment, stalking, verbal and physical abuse. The scene: the Manitou Incline. It’s a case calling the accuser and accused along with other regulars of the iconic trail to an El Paso County courtroom Monday. A scheduled hearing regards a temporary restraining order. The alleged victim says she wants it to be permanent. The…
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1,004 laps and counting: Woman building on Manitou Incline record
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On a recent bluebird afternoon, Chasidey Geissler’s friends and family were atop the Manitou Incline to celebrate a record-setting ascent. It was Geissler’s 1,004th climb up the mountain’s vertical, brutal set of wooden ties in a calendar year — a new high mark by a woman.…