A step-by-step tour of the Manitou Incline
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- Created on Saturday, 19 June 2010 22:54
- Written by Nathan
BY DAVE PHILIPPS, THE GAZETTE
How many steps are in the incline? Hard to say because some have been added and others have washed away. An unscientific field survey measured 2,740:
628 steps to the “Private Property of Manitou & P.P. Ry., No Trespassing” sign.
700 steps to a wall of sandbags and boulders used to slow erosion on the sides.
1,384 steps to the first big washout of ties.
1,605 steps to the beginning of the steep section, where walls of rebar, boards, and chain-link fence hold back the gravelly hillside.
1,700 steps to the heart of the steeps, where ties are scattered, crooked and sometimes loose.
1,821 steps to the “half-way” exit (actually closer to two-thirds) to Barr Trail.
2,122 steps to the false summit.
2,609 steps to the middle of the second steep section, where some ties are so eroded they float above the ground on their anchors.
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