{"id":784,"date":"2026-05-23T23:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=784"},"modified":"2026-05-23T23:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:34:26","slug":"manitou-incline-hiker-dies-after-medical-emergency-sheriffs-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=784","title":{"rendered":"Manitou Incline hiker dies after medical emergency, sheriff\u2019s office says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A person died on the Manitou Incline on Saturday morning after experiencing breathing problems, the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=782\">Bolder Boulder\u2019s entry numbers soaring on eve of 46th annual Memorial Day 10K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheriff\u2019s officials closed the famously difficult trail just before 10 a.m. so first responders could get to a person having a medical emergency, the agency posted on social media. The sheriff\u2019s office asked people on the trail to avoid the 1,000-step rest area. <\/p>\n<p>The person later \u201csuccumbed to their illness\u201d and died, sheriff\u2019s officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to all of the citizens who called into our 911 dispatch, assisted the individual until help arrived and to the first responders who responded to the scene \u2014 including our Search and Rescue team,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s Office said on X.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=780\">4 people found \u2018obviously deceased\u2019 in Thornton home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheriff\u2019s officials reopened the trail about noon.<\/p>\n<p>The Incline is known as one of Colorado\u2019s most challenging hikes, with hikers gaining 2,000 feet in less than a mile as they ascend 2,768 steep, uneven steps. Reservations are required to hike the trail.<\/p>\n<p>An Oregon man also died on the incline in April 2025 after going into medical distress.<\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=779\">Eastbound I-70 closed in west metro Denver after fatal rollover crash<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person died on the Manitou Incline on Saturday morning after experiencing breathing problems, the El Paso County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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