Im not sure what the hell i was thinking!!! I hiked up what is called the manitou incline...it used to be an actual incline but was tore down i believe in the 70's. I took maggie to keep the bears away...lol....no bears. The incline trail starts in manitou at the same place the pikes peak cog railway and barr trail starts...the incline starts out steep and gets worse from there. The view though is well worth it..this was my first time and im planning on doing it quite a few more times before the weather gets bad...You can hike down it but i opted to jump onto barr trail at the top and hike down it...i didnt feel like rolling back down the incline...small pebbles make that entirely possible :^) just about the only way to tell which pictures are facing up or down...is if you see colorado springs or manitou you are looking down...blue skys you are looking up...lol...