Newsletter #40: Colorado Ski Resort Openings, 1926 Manitou Incline
A brief newsletter from coloradotopia.com.
This ticket comes from the Manitou Incline in 1926. You can see the oxidation starting to develop in some of the ink due to its age.
The photograph below from 1908 shows the cable car on the incline shortly after it was converted into a tourist attraction. The funicular lift was originally built for the construction of a hydroelectric plant near the top. It ascended the mountainside at a maximum pitch of 68 degrees.
The brochure pictured in some of the gallery photos below comes from a later decade.
The cable car and its tracks are gone now, but the incline’s path remains, and the trail is just as popular today without the lift in place. There are 2,768 steps that ascend 2,000 feet. You’ll need to make reservations to hike here, but there is no cost.
View the scanned versions of the ticket on its permanent page within the archives here.
Ski Resort Openings
Vail is joining the list of open ski resorts in Colorado today. See the full list below.
More upcoming ski resort opening dates are visible here.
Photo Credits: Photos of the ticket and brochure all belong to Coloradotopia. The Manitou Incline photograph by Mark Gallagher has been published under CC license with no changes.