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HOURLY PARKING:  For runners, spectators, and those needing just a few hours any time Thursday through Sunday.

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.  The Hiawatha Lot is closest to Memorial Park.





RACE DAY DAILY PARKING:  Saturday and Sunday

Hiawatha Parking Lot - 10 Old Mans Trail - Must enter from El Paso Blvd on Race Day
  • $15 Full Day - Reservations with City of Manitou Springs are Required - Book HERE! *Be sure to change the date to either 9/17 or 9/18 with a 5:30am start time for the reduced daily rate.
  • Located next to Memorial Park and the Start Line, this is the closest, most convenient lot for Ascent Day.  After runners reach the summit, shuttles will bring them back to Memorial Park for the after party. 
  • Drivers will be required to show their confirmation upon arrival. 
  • On race day, please enter Hiawatha from the northeast corner of the lot, off El Paso Blvd.

Manitou Springs High School - Located at 401 El Monte Place, 0.5 miles from start area
  • The athletics department will be charging $10/day for all day parking. 
  • Please bring exact change if possible.

Wichita Parking Lot - 708 Manitou Avenue - Must Enter from Lovers Lane on Race Day (connect from El Paso Blvd)
  • $15 Full Day or $2/hour - No reservations accepted
  • Only 0.2 miles from start area

Schryver Park - 300 Garden of the Gods Place
  • $10 Full Day - Reservations with City of Manitou Springs are Required - Book HERE!
  • 0.9 miles from the start area

Smischny Lot - 1134 Manitou Ave
  • $15 Full Day or $2/hour - No reservations accepted
  • 0.7 miles from the start area

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!

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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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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