Peak to Peak Highway · part 3

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Littleton

   Littleton, on the southern edge of the Denver metro area, has a historic Main Street of brick buildings from the late nineteenth century, when the town grew up around a mill and the railroad on the South Platte River. You could do far worse for the first or last coffee of a ride, with cafés, restaurants and a relaxed atmosphere that feels more like a small town than a suburb of a big city. And, crucially, the mountains are right there, rising abruptly to the west.

   Read the complete Littleton write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Peak to Peak Highway checkpoint 8 is where the day begins. Next is High point near Parker.

2. 2. High point near Parker

   Planning note

   You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch near Aurora.

3. 3. Scenic stretch near Aurora

   Planning note

   about 78 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Aurora. Next is Back to Peak.

4. 4. Back to Peak

   The Peak to Peak Highway belongs to the mountains, but this point is on the plains northeast of Denver, near Brighton and Todd Creek, where the land is flat enough to see the whole Front Range in a single glance. On a clear day the wall of the Rockies stretches across the western horizon for a hundred kilometres, with the snowy summits of Longs Peak and Mount Evans standing out, and the wide sky is the real feature of the place.

   Read the complete Peak write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Back to Peak closes the day.