Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette
In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a worker tosses a rock from the work being done at the top of the Manitou Incline on Pikes Peak during a fog day in Manitou Springs, Colo. Ties are being replaced and the popular exercise destination is being made safer. 
Getting your player ready...
Manitou Incline addicts: Mark your calendars for Dec. 1.
That’s the tentative reopening date for the popular trail that closed Aug. 19 for repairs.
Timberline Landscaping, the contractor being used by the city of Colorado Springs, tells The Gazette that workers “should be safely on track” to have the task finished by then. The city has tentatively scheduled a ribbon-cutting celebration for 8 a.m. that Friday.
Last year’s reopening drew a big crowd eager for the pain of the famous stair-stepper that gains more than 2,000 feet of elevation in less than a mile. The trail gets more users than any other in the region.
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