Looking for a bike ride that features fall colors? Try out the 36-mile Mestaa’ėhehe Pass.
It climbs 3,300 feet to the high point, 15 miles out, then descends about 450 feet in 3 miles to Echo Lake.
Yes, the outbound portion is challenging because of all that climbing — that’s why we like it, after all — but there is very little pedaling over the final 15 miles back to the starting point because gravity does the work. In fact, I use my brakes much of the way down because anything over 30 mph on a bike scares me.
The road parallels I-70, which is 4 to 5 miles to the north and hundreds of feet below. Along the way, it passes the Echo Mountain ski area and offers panoramic views to the north of the Continental Divide and the Indian Peaks. About 15 miles out, near the high point of 11,150 feet, the twin fourteeners, Grays and Torreys, come into view. Right after that, Mount Evans appears to the south.
I usually park at the Bergen Park RTD lot on Colorado 74, elevation 7,800 feet. From there, I ride south about a half mile and turn right onto the road which the signs still refer to by its old name. Just to the south is JeffCo Open Space’s Elk Meadow Park. This is a very popular ride for Front Range cyclists, so an electronic message board at the start warns motorists that under Colorado law, they must maintain a minimum of 3 feet between them and cyclists when passing. A metal sign nearby reiterates that message.
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