Cycling Pillar to Post
4.57 miles
1286′ elevation gain
5.3% grade
Thousands of cyclists ride tens of thousands of laps up Lookout Mountain each year. Please come join us and use this website to prepare yourself to ride safely among the community of cyclists, runners, walkers, roller skiers, long boarders, automobile tourists and even paragliders and rock climbers who use the mountain for recreation on a regular basis.
BE VISIBLE, BE AWARE, BE PREDICTABLE
and STAY SAFE, EVERY RIDE, EVERY DAY
Lookout Mountain Descent
Recorded with a GoPro Hero 8 Black in 4K
Recent Rides
Ride on Thursday, December 2, 2021
Bruce G. rides his time trial bike up Lookout. He has good reason. He is still a triathlete. The 62 year old from Parker grew [...]
Ride on Wednesday, December 1, 2021
David B. is another transplant to Colorado (six years ago from Pennsylvania). A lawyer who tried his best to wear out his joints playing squash [...]
Ride on Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Start Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 8:15 AM, 38 degrees Finish 10:30, a bit warmer Cyclists on descent 8 Vehicles on descent 4 Walkers/runners 3 Ratio [...]
Latest News
Ride on Monday, 11/15/21
Last Friday I was approached by Henry May. Henry and his friends who work locally for Strava (mostly from their home offices) were gathering to [...]
Ride on Saturday, 11/13/21
[category rides} David, Patty and Julie teamed up for Patty’s first ride up Lookout Mountain. David had moved from Southern California to Toledo, Ohio to [...]
Ride on Monday, October 25, 2021
Paul Rodriguez grew up in Delaware and went to the University of Delaware and Penn State, getting a degree in finance. He is presently working [...]
REMEMBERING
Ray Bolton
AKA Three-A-Day Ray, The Sheriff of Lookout Mountain
Ray started riding Lookout Mountain outside Golden, Colorado in 1988 at 46 years old. He set the standard for riding laps on Lookout so high that anyone considering breaking his record (7,915 personally recorded laps) has a multi year project ahead of him or her.