Sledding the Manitou Incline

, | UltraRob | Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 at 8:17 am

Looking down the Manitou Incline

I use the Manitou Incline for cross-training during the off season. There’s nothing like doing just over 2,000 vertical in a mile. Just before the false summit, the grade peaks out at 68%. The lower section isn’t nearly as steep but it’s plenty steep. According to an article in the Gazette, just before New Years a couple young guys were looking for steeper, longer hills to sled on. With all the snow we’ve had the ties on the Manitou Incline were buried so they decided to give the lower section a try. They sledded successfully for a while but it didn’t end well. One of them ended up with a broken arm.

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One response to “Sledding the Manitou Incline”

  1. Anonymous says:

    We used to do “runs” up the incline when I was in the 10th SF group out of Carson. I like hill runs, but the incline is just sadistic.
    Sledding….Hmmmmn…We didn’t think of that! My buddies did try to talk me into carrying a bike up that and riding down. I THINK they were joking. I wasn’t quite that dumb, though I did hit 53 mph on my hardtail MTB on one of the tank trails behind our compound (nearly that dumb).

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