There are a lot of hiking trails around here, but the most famous/infamous would have to be the Manitou Incline. Once upon a time it was a funicular railway, when it was shut down they ripped up the rails but the wooden ties are still there. It used to be illegal to hike, which meant people did it anyway, but was legally opened last year. It is a pretty popular hike, the athletes at the Olympic Training Center use it as a workout. It is only a mile long, but in that mile you gain 2,000 vertical feet. So of course, Brandon thought it would be a good idea to take the kids.
At the bottom, with the incline behind us.
The bottom of the hike isn't to bad, the railroad ties are pretty evenly spaced. Some people run up, we told the kids that they could just walk.
Rest stop!
Grant mad the hike in a backpack. He spent most of the hike looking at us like he was saying, "Why are you complaining? This is so easy." The last twenty minutes or so he was screaming because he wanted to walk.
It keeps getting steeper.
The steepest parts of the trail have a grade of almost 70%.
We made it to the top! Brandon was proud of the fact that we beat some people, just under 2 hours. We got a lot of stares because we had five kids with us. I did tell Brandon that I thought it was funny that it is only a mile up but it is four miles down. So I guess we can check that off of our bucket lists.
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