How difficult is hiking the Manitou Springs Incline?

Manitou Incline is not really a hike or a hiking trail in the usual sense. It is better understood as an outdoor, geographically-deployed exercise machine. read more

The difficulty of hiking the Manitou Springs Incline is relative to a person’s fitness and effort levels. I’ve seen fit athletes get up the incline in 20–30 minutes, but I’ve also seen unfit people struggling to make it 1/3rd of the way up — needing endless breaks. read more

Times of under 20 minutes for world class athletes pass around the local hiking community and in news articles. I have some friends that can hike the Manitou Incline in the low 20 minutes. My best time over 10 years ago was 29 1/2 minutes. read more