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Discover the best things to do in Manitou Springs, Colorado including Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Manitou Incline Trail, and Rainbow Falls.
The Manitou Incline, or just “The Incline” as it’s more commonly known, is one of the more famous (infamous?) trails in Colorado. But it’s really hard to find any informatio…
Tour one of our favorite Colorado towns, Manitou Springs! It's a quirky little town full of history, hidden gems, and fun things to do.
From taking a sip of Seven Minute Spring to hiking up the Manitou Incline, here are the top things to do in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
Discover the best things to do in Manitou Springs, Colorado including Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Manitou Incline Trail, and Rainbow Falls.
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Learn everything you need to know about how to hike the Manitou Incline: how hard the trail really is, how to get to the trail head and how to prepare to hike the Incline.
Put your fitness to the test at the Manitou Incline, America's premier challenge hike! Here's your guide to parking, safety, incline facts and more.
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Manitou Springs is a charming little town near Colorado Springs. It's known for the Manitou Incline, Sunwater Spa, and Garden of the Gods.
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Learn everything you need to know about how to hike the Manitou Incline: how hard the trail really is, how to get to the trail head and how to prepare to hike the Incline.
Manitou Springs, an amazing little mountain town just outside of Colorado Springs. Check out this guide for awesome things to do in Manitou Springs.
From taking a sip of Seven Minute Spring to hiking up the Manitou Incline, here are the top things to do in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
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The Manitou Incline…After One Week at Elevation Just a quick recap: My first training hike was through Garden of the Gods and was about 6mi. It was recommended to me that the Manitou Incline is not only a rites of passage for Colorado Springs residents, but an awesome workout. With only knowing that it was a smoker and challenging (see sign pic below) I agreed to tag along with a couple family members. This is a .88mi hike up wooden railroad ties used as stairs cut into the side of the mountain. ...
Prologue: Trip Plans and Fishtown My first solo backpacking trip was hastily planned and threatened by a forbidding, thunderstormy forecast. Despite this, it was a huge success. My destination was South Manitou Island, one of two islands within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Chippewa legend says that long ago, a great fire broke out in the land that is now Wisconsin. Animals fled the forest, and a mother bear and her two cubs sought refuge in Lake Michigan. They swam for days to reach the opposite shore, but the two cubs became weak and fell behind. When mother bear reached the Michigan shore, she climbed to the top of a tall bluff to watch for her cubs. Sadly, they did not make it, and in remembrance, a great spirit created North and South Manitou Islands in the place where they were last seen. Sleeping Bear – a tree-covered hump at the top of the most picturesque of the mainland lakeshore's sand dunes – is said to be the mother bear, still watching and waiting for her cubs to this day. The Manitou Islands are reached via passenger ferry from Leland, a small resort town just north of the national lakeshore. The 7-mile, 90-minute voyage departs from Leland's historic Fishtown, the center of a former commercial fishing village. Currently owned by the Fishtown Preservation Society, Fishtown is a cluster of old but maintained fishing shanties, which line the banks of the Leland river near its mouth. These days, fishing tugs still operate here and fish can be purchased, but most of the shanties have been converted to shops selling artwork, jewelry, and other gifts, much of which is locally-made. There is also a candy store, a cheese and sandwich shop, and a small motel located right on the water. Directly north of the Fishtown district, Leland Yacht Harbor hosts a variety of boats for those spending their summer vacations on the lake. Fishtown, looking upriver The ferry was scheduled to leave at 10 am Saturday, so I made arrangements to spend the night in Fishtown. Despite its summer touristy-ness, Fishtown was a fun place to spend the afternoon and evening. I visited all of the shops, enjoyed a sandwich and Bell's Two-Hearted Ale at Village Cheese Shanty, and watched otters playing in the water just upstream from the river mouth. The docks lining both banks of the river act like a boardwalk, and people dropped lines in the water and caught fish right from the docks. I ventured out of Fishtown and along M-22 to check out various shops in Leland, then returned for a couple of glasses of local Pinot Grigio at The Cove, a restaurant directly across the river from Falling Waters Lodge. Fishtown The weather forecast had improved over the week, and I was looking forward to reaching the island the following day and hiking for the first time since September. I was slightly nervous and my pack was ridiculously heavy for such a short trip. Having only three days, South Manitou Island is an ideal destination. Instead of exploring the island's interior trails from a base camp, my plan was to hike the perimeter of the island via the beach. At 12 miles, this could be accomplished in one day, but I intended this trip to be part solo adventure / part summer beach vacation, so I planned to use all three days and to enjoy the short vacation as much as possible. Fishtown, viewed from Falling Waters Lodge To be continued in Day One: Boathouse to Popple
The Manitou Incline is not for the faint of heart. Preparing with these 5 tips before this strenuous hike can make all the difference.
