Tag: manitou incline
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New book chronicles colorful, lesser-known stories on Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs historian Eric Swab had previously dabbled in researching the Pikes Peak Highway. He’s not one for dabbling as much as he is for diving. “So during the pandemic, that’s what I did. I researched the highway,” he said. “And it turned out there…
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New book chronicles colorful, lesser-known stories on Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs historian Eric Swab had previously dabbled in researching the Pikes Peak Highway. He’s not one for dabbling as much as he is for diving. “So during the pandemic, that’s what I did. I researched the highway,” he said. “And it turned out there was a lot of stuff to find out. I had…
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Dinosaur man dashes up Manitou Incline for (pre)historic feat
Much has been debated about the speed of the Tyrannosaurus rex — or lack thereof. Maybe 12 mph max, surmised researchers from a study last summer. That would support one side of a debate that sparked again this week, suggesting the apex predator strategically hunted in packs. In 2017, scientists figured leg bones would’ve crumbled…
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LIFE | Downhilling the Manitou Incline
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 anywhere between two to four times. (Video courtesy Bob Stuka.)
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Happy Trails: Abbreviated trip up Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail, featuring Manitou Incline summit
The Pikes Peak region’s two most iconic trails happen to share a corridor: Barr Trail and the Manitou Incline. The former, climbing about 13 miles to the 14,115-foot summit of America’s Mountain, is more for the adventure seeker, while the latter calls more to the fitness fanatic preferring a steeper, shorter ascent on wooden steps.…
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As toll of 2020 is taken in Colorado outdoors, what does it mean for years ahead?
Scott Fitzwilliams was supposed to be off work. But as supervisor of America’s most trafficked national forest, “you’re never off work,” he says. So there he was Fourth of July weekend, supposed to be enjoying the serenity he had always known at a lake within White River National Forest. “Popular,” Fitzwilliams had always known it,…
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Happy Trails: Abbreviated trip up Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail, featuring Manitou Incline summit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sights and sounds from an abbreviated trip up Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail. (Video by Seth Boster) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “HAPPY TRAILS | Barr Trail”, “description”: “Sights and sounds from an abbreviated trip up Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail. (Video by Seth Boster)”, “thumbnailUrl”:…
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As toll of 2020 is taken in Colorado outdoors, what does it mean for years ahead?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Scott Fitzwilliams was supposed to be off work. But as supervisor of America’s most trafficked national forest, “you’re never off work,” he says. So there he was Fourth of July weekend, supposed to be enjoying the serenity he had always known at a lake within…
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Even without pandemic, 2020 was a hectic year in Colorado
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As government leaders, health officials, and frontline and essential workers navigated what a “new normal” would look like for Coloradans amid the pandemic, 2020 was nevertheless a hectic year of growth in Colorado. Despite new public health restrictions that limited or halted some operations completely, this year Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region saw…