I had a meeting to attend in Colorado Springs with Steffen, and he suggested that we get up early and hike the
Manitou Incline. This is a 1 mile uphill using railroad ties as steps and gains over 2000 feet, so pretty steep (in some places 68%).
We managed a good time, 42 minutes (36 minutes of hiking and 6 minutes of resting on the way). Once at the top, we took the Barr trail down, which is around 5 miles of downhill trail. This took us around 50 minutes, so clearly uphill was very steep.
Maybe next time I am in the area I will attempt it again. It appears that late afternoon is the best time as it is cooler and less people.
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| The Incline |
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| Looking up |
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| Halfway |
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| Steffen completes the climb |
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| The finish of the downhill trail |
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| The elevation profile |
1 comment:
Well done must have been hard on the knees
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