The Manitou Incline gains over 2,000 feet of elevation in under one mile, making it a physically demanding route that should ...

The El Paso County Coroner’s Office has identified the hiker who died Tuesday while hiking the popular Manitou Incline trail as 63-year-old Oregon resident John Tate.

Climbers on the Manitou Incline Tuesday morning worked in vain performing CPR on a 64-year-old man in medical distress, trying to save his life. But they were ultimately unsuccessful.