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Foggy Incline Sunrise
Jeff Gallup got this awesome shot (click to enlarge) from the top of the Manitou Incline early Thursday morning, February 16. Fog blanketed most of Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs but the top of the Incline was above the clouds. You can see the lights of Manitou Avenue peeking through in the lower left of the picture.
Many thanks to Jeff for providing this photo to us. You can follow Jeff’s adventures in minimalistic shoes on his Barefoot Inclined blog.
Colorado Springs at Night from Incline Summit
Ever wonder what the Manitou and Colorado Springs lights look like at night from the summit of the Incline? The photo above is from the top of the Incline on February 2, 2012 as light snow fell. The photo below is from December 11th, 2008 on a moonlit evening.
Unfortunately once the Manitou Incline becomes legal to hike, the management plan has a rule for it only to be open from dawn to dusk.
Photos Benefit the Incline
Last fall firefighters from Tri Lakes/Monument fire station hiked up the Manitou Incline in full gear to commemorate their fallen comrades and all who died on 9/11. The firefighters figured each step represented one person who had died that day, and the total height was the same as climbing both of the Twin Towers.
Photographer Ed Barth was shooting photos that day of the Incline and captured the firefighters. He’s selling 2 different photos. One is with the firefighters at the bottom and another as they were making their way up the Incline.
Ed specializes in big prints and has these available from 2 feet tall to 6 1/2 feet tall. He had them on display at the Incline Friends membership drive and they have great detail. He’s donating 50% of sales of these 2 photos to the Incline Friends through February 5th.
