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HOURLY PARKING: For runners, spectators, and those needing just a few hours any time Thursday through Sunday.
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Hourly parking is available in any of the parking lots in Manitou Springs and along Manitou Springs roads.  Please be sure to obey all no parking zones, vendor parking, fire lanes, and resident parking spots.  Details on hours and rates are available on the manitouspringsgov.com website, see the map below for race day hours and rates. The Hiawatha Lot is closest to Memorial Park.







RACE DAY DAILY PARKING:  Saturday and Sunday

Hiawatha Parking Lot - 10 Old Mans Trail (enter from El Paso Blvd)
  • $15 Full Day
  • Next to the Ascent/Marathon start area
  • Must enter from El Paso Blvd on race day
  • Reservations are required through Manitou Springs’ Honk parking reservations program - CLICK HERE for Reservations in the Hiawatha Lot! 
    • You must create a Honk account
    • Not sure of your license plate?  Enter ‘RENTAL’ and update it in the confirmation link prior to race day
    • Enter the lot from El Paso Blvd on race day
    • Drivers must show confirmation upon arrival

Manitou Springs High School - 401 El Monte Place
  • $10 Full Day - CASH ONLY
  • 0.5 miles from the Ascent/Marathon start area
  • All proceeds benefit the Manitou Springs HS athletics department
  • Please bring exact change if possible

Wichita Parking Lot - 708 Manitou Avenue (enter from Lovers Lane on Race Day - connect from El Paso Blvd)
  • $15 Full Day
  • No reservations accepted
  • 0.2 miles from the Ascent/Marathon start area


Schryver Park - 202 Manitou Avenue (aka Manitou Pool & Fitness Center)
  • $10 Full Day
  • 0.9 miles from the Ascent/Marathon start area
  • Reservations are required through Manitou Springs’ Honk parking reservations program - CLICK HERE for Reservations in the Schryver Park lot! 
    • You must create a Honk account
    • Not sure of your license plate?  Enter ‘RENTAL’ and update it in the confirmation link prior to race day
    • Enter the lot from El Paso Blvd on race day
    • Drivers must show confirmation upon arrival

Smischny Lot - 1134 Manitou Ave
  • $15 Full Day
  • No reservations accepted
  • 0.7 miles from the Ascent/Marathon start area
  • 0.2 miles from the Marathon finish / Soda Springs Park

Canon Parking Lot and Manitou Springs On-Street Parking will have standard Manitou Springs Progressive Parking Rates in place for event weekend, and can cost as much as $10/hour if you park for 6+ hours, so be prepared!

Runner Drop-off
If you want to avoid parking hassles, ask a family member or friend to drop you off at the start line! Manitou Avenue will remain open from U.S. 24 to the 400 block. At that point, a runner drop-off line is available for runners to exit the vehicle; vehicles then make a U-Turn to the left and can exit Manitou Springs on Manitou Avenue.

Parking at the Briarhurst Manor is for VOLUNTEERS ONLY (pass required).  Please do not park in Resident Areas, No Parking Zones, Employee Parking Lots, or Fire Lanes.​


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​441 Manitou Ave, Suite 100
​Manitou Springs, CO 80829

Fun Fact!

In 1972 Peter Strudwick did the Ascent in 4:20:29 and the Marathon in 7:02:28. What is so incredible about that you ask? Well, soon after his mother had caught rubella, commonly called German measles, Peter was born with legs that ended in stumps just past the ankles, a left arm that had only one thumb and a finger, and a right arm ending at the wrist.
When Zebulon Pike tried to ascend the mountain that would later be named after him he was turned back by the harsh weather. Many claim he said that no one would ever reach its summit. However, it is generally accepted that he meant on that day, under those conditions. The snow was waist deep and his men were not dressed for it and were out of food.
“Militant tobacco-hating physician” Dr. Arne Suominen from Delray Beach FL, became the founder of the modern day Pikes Peak races when he wrote a letter to the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce in 1956 and challenged cigarette smokers to race him up and down Pikes Peak. 1956 Results
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