The Manitou Springs City Council has approved a plan that will reopen one of Colorado’s most popular trails, the Manitou Incline.
It was passed with a five-to-two margin. The approved reopening plan will now head to the City of Colorado Springs for final approval.
Some city council members did express their concerns for the reopening. Council member Julie Wolfe saying that the reservation system should not apply to Manitou Springs residents. She also said an attendant should be at the incline while it is open and be able to call Manitou Springs Police instead of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office as it is said in the memorandum.
“I think the attendant also needs to be provided a cell phone so they can contact Manitou police if they have difficulties with people heading up the incline without the requisite reservation,” Wolfe says.
The Incline has been closed since mid March due to COVID-19 concerns. Since then, plans to reopen the 2,744-stair trail took months as officials from Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs worked out disputes over parking and road usage to get to the Incline.
But an agreement has been reached with a new reservation system to limit traffic on the actual trail.
Read more at: https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2020/08/04/city-council-approves-plan-to-reopen-manitou-incline-with-reservation-system/