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A mile long, 1,900 ft. elevation gain. It lures us in, then breaks our legs and burns our lungs. Click START DISCUSSION to write your story and add photos. Post your best time, name and age in the comment box. We'll add you to our Incline Honor Roll.

Location: Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region
Members: 176
Latest Activity: Aug 1, 2017

The PikesPeakSports.us Incline Honor Roll

Nick Wilson, 18 years old, 19:41 from the first tie, Oct. 28, 2010.
Simon B Gutierrez,. 21:42, July 13, 2012
Shawn Erchinger, 42, 21:39 in 2009.
Fred Baxter, 56 years old, 22:15 from the first tie, May 10, 2010
Troy French, 24:06, Nov. 1, 2011
Brad Poppele, 24:21 from the first tie, Aug. 10, 2011
Cam Chambers, 24:30
Josh Wright, 25:01, from the Cog parking lot.
Sean Holveck, 26 minutes, first tie
Michael Everson, 48, 25:50 from the first tie, Aug. 27, 2012
Joshua Glenn Jiron, 26 minutes
David Mulligan, 26:17, Oct. 6, 2011
Bob Stellick, 37, 28:18, from the first tie, June 4, 2010
Michael Capshaw, 29:10 on Sept. 17
Rob Lucas, sub-30 minutes "back in my fit days"
Jessica Bell, 29:57 from the first tie.
Chrissy Steigerwald, Jan., 2011, 32:02
Mark Modisette, 46 years old, 32:25, June 10, 2011
Teri Pitman, 30:34 from the bottom of the ties
Carrie Renaud, 32:56 from the first tie, 11-7-09.
Sonya Norris, 33:00 from the bottom of the ties
Tim Bergsten, 48 years old, 32:24 from Barr Trail parking lot, Oct. 2007
Dieter Schnackenberg, Just under 30 minutes from the top of the parking-lot trail.
Dan, 29 and some change...but from the cheater's start above the Barr Trail parking lot. ;)
Kevin League, 33:45 from the first tie, Nov. 2010
Dave Adair, 52, 34:05 from the first tie on June 7, 2010
Ty, 34:20 from the first tie on June 25, 2010
Katie Schwing, 26, 36:00 from the first tie
Jeff Lindquist, 36:29 from the first tie on June 3, 2010
Matt Hulett, 38, 36:31 from first tie, Feb. 15, 2011
Carley Hyman, 37:45, Aug. 2010
Tanya Pater, 27, 38:00
Stephanie Gendron, 39 minutes last year.
Sonal Modisette, 39:49, set this week from the first tie.
Trudy L DeCoronado, 40:00
Randi Hitchcock, 28, 41:00
Nora, 42 minutes
Melanie Mitchell, 49:20
Debbie Rhuby, 51 with original knees and hips :), 1:10, with a 30-pound pack and boots form Barr Trail parking lot.

Articles about the Incline
New York Times, "Up a mountain, Olympic dreams are carved," Aug. 2, 2008

Discussion Forum

The satellite doesn't lie, Joe Gray clocks 17:45 on Incline

When he crawled out of bed on Friday morning with a pumpkin pie hangover, Joe Gray didn’t…Continue

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Started by Tim Bergsten Sep 25, 2015.

New and improved Incline set to open on Friday

From the City of Colorado SpringsJoin us for a reopening celebration of the Manitou…Continue

Tags: open, Manitou, Springs, construction, hike

Started by Tim Bergsten Dec 1, 2014.

Fretta insists he is Incline's fastest, but admits 'record' debate is part of the fun 1 Reply

On a cloudy day in 2006, professional triathlete Mark Fretta and Olympic speed skaters…Continue

Tags: Fretta, Mark, record, Incline

Started by Tim Bergsten. Last reply by Jill Suarez Sep 16, 2014.

The end of a long Incline journey

By Greg CummingsWith only two ascents remaining to reach 1,400, I started up the Incline…Continue

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Started by Tim Bergsten Aug 28, 2014.

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Comment by Tim Bergsten on January 5, 2011 at 5:01pm: Nice Cam, you're sitting at No. 4 on the Honor Roll!

Comment by Cameron Chambers on January 5, 2011 at 4:28pm: Ahh man. blew my brains out for a 24.30

Comment by Debbie Rhuby on December 31, 2010 at 8:54am: If you have a pair of yaktrax, or better yet, some microspikes, you can do the Incline and Barr Trail on the snow and probably enjoy it even more than when its dry. Just be careful... don't MAKE us come get you!! :D

Comment by Jeremy Brown on December 31, 2010 at 8:46am: Thanks, guys. I'll post my time when I (finally) get out there....

Comment by Rob Lucas on December 30, 2010 at 10:06pm: Jeremy, you probably also know about the false summit but I've seen many newbie about fall in a heap when they get to the top of it and see that they aren't at the top. If you don't know, you only see about 3/4 of the Incline as you're going up. Once you get to the top of it, you'll get to recover a bit on the less steep section before it steepens to the real summit.

Comment by Tim Bergsten on December 30, 2010 at 10:01pm: Melanie! Way to go. Keep at it and your time will come way down!!

Comment by Tim Bergsten on December 30, 2010 at 9:59pm: Hey Jeremy! You've done some pretty tough runs this fall, so you'll handle the Incline no problem. You can't really know what it's like until you do it. Take your time and enjoy it the first time. You'll instinctively know how to handle it from there on out.

Comment by Jeremy Brown on December 30, 2010 at 6:26pm: Hi folks - newbie here...I'd like to mount the incline, but haven't ever tried. Besides waiting until the weather is at least not snowy, any more advice for a first-timer? I do know NOT to park in the Cog Railway lot - got chased out last summer...

BTW - I'm fairly fit - run 12-15 miles a week and compete in 5K and 10Ks semi-regularly, so fitness is not too much of an issue.

Thanks!

Jeremy

Comment by Poppy Sports on December 30, 2010 at 6:16pm: Melanie Mitchell 12.11.10: 49 mins and 20 seconds! Hope to get that down a few minutes in 2011!

Comment by Brad Poppele on December 6, 2010 at 6:29pm: Thanks Tim! Yes I have been improving over my last several attempts. Very happy to break sub 25.