Manitou Incline: Manitou Springs, CO

Distance: 4.0 miles (.89 mile up incline;  3.1 down Barr Trail ) Elevation Gain: 1,944 ft. (total) Max Elevation: 8,576 ft. Min. Elevation: 6,605 ft. Usually in early spring or winter, we are quite content leaving the task of ascending 2000 feet in just under a mile to the mechanical…