Tag: Manitou Incline
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A stunning Manitou Incline record is claimed, sparking drama ahead of Pikes Peak Ascent
Not long after he arrived in Colorado Springs ahead of this weekend’s Pikes Peak Ascent, a decorated mountain runner from Switzerland got busy on a proud, local record. On Wednesday, Rémi Bonnet claimed a new fastest time up the Manitou Incline: His Strava tracker showed a scorching 17 minutes, 21 seconds up the vertical set…
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Golden woman sets 24-hour record on Manitou Incline
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new name has been written into the Manitou Incline record books. Andrea Sansone of Golden recently shattered the women’s mark for most laps in 24 hours on the grueling, vertical set of ties gaining more than 2,000 feet in less than a mile. From…
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Records are rising along the brutal steps of the Manitou Incline. Why?
He often goes unseen, but for that little ball of light spotted from a distance, a headlamp high on the darkened mountain. It’s often past midnight, the cold hours between one workday and the next. His family is fast asleep at home — or maybe the wife and kids wake to think of him out…
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11 reasons to be thankful for Colorado outdoors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Around this time every year, we’re asking outdoorsy Coloradans to give thanks to the places they adore the most. Let their gratitude inspire your own (and tell us what you’re thankful for in the comments section at the end of the story): John Fielder, Summit…
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Former Air Academy, Colorado standout Allie McLaughlin doubling down at Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon after bloody fall
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The ski jacket in Allie McLaughlin’s drop bag is for Saturday; the knee pads are for Sunday. McLaughlin, a former track and cross country standout at Air Academy High School and the University of Colorado, is attempting to double, or complete Saturday’s Pikes Peak Ascent and Sunday’s Pikes Peak Marathon on consecutive days. She won…
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Hiking down on Manitou Incline one year into reservation system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Close to one year into required reservations on the Manitou Incline, the jury is still out on the regime intended to alleviate traffic and parking woes in the little town west of Colorado Springs. It appears crowds have indeed been cut on what has been…
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Hikes on Manitou Incline to be interrupted for local races
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hikers and outdoor goers will have to pause activity on the Manitou Incline during the upcoming weeks while the trail is shut down for two local trail races, a city news release announced. The Manitou Incline will be closed Sunday, July 18 during the Barr Trail…
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Dinosaur man dashes up Manitou Incline for (pre)historic feat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LIFE | Man hikes Manitou Incline in dinosaur costume Play Video 00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreen shift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek…
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‘Extraordinary’ donation has Manitou Incline advocates dreaming
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the end of January, Bill Beagle received an email from a woman introducing herself as a trustee representing the estate of an Arizona man who had recently died. There was interest in donating to…
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[WATCH] Crazy race down the Manitou Incline is fitness fanatics’ next challenge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bob Stuka, aka Crazy Bob, claims to hold the record for the fastest downhill of the Manitou Incline, with a time of 7 minutes, 35 seconds. He, like others, laps the Incline every morning, often…