Ride Profile
Super Jamestown
Ride Tools
-
Print This Ride
-
Download Ride
-
Add Comment
-
Add To Favorites
-
Ride Help / FAQ
Ride Elevation
Ride Photos
Add a photo to this ride! Click here.
Ride Videos
Add a video to this ride! Click here.
Ride Description
On beautiful days, it can be hard to find isolation in the canyons west of Boulder. After a stretch along the popular Lefthand Canyon, ride up James Canyon Drive, one of the lesser-ridden approaches to the Peak to Peak Highway. From Jamestown (mile 14), the road gains a lung-searing 1,600 feet in just 3.75 miles—-a stretch that holds its own against this cycling town’s other imposing climbs. Aside from the workout, this route pays off with expansive canyon views from steep switchbacks and a 2.2-mile stretch of hardpack that passes alpine meadows overshadowed by the snow-capped Indian Peaks. Stop for a snack in Ward before a descent down Lefthand Canyon that will see your cyclometer tick 40+ miles per hour, if you let it.
Start Location and Parking
Ride Directions
| 0.00 mi | Start | Exit parking lot on Quince Ave. | Then Go 0.03 miles |
| 0.03 mi | Turn Left | Qunice Ave. | Then Go 0.03 miles |
| 0.06 mi | Turn Right | CO 7/Broadway St. | Then Go 1.19 miles |
| 1.25 mi | Turn Left | US 36 | Then Go 4.79 miles |
| 6.04 mi | Turn Left | Lefthand Canyon Dr. | Then Go 5.22 miles |
| 11.26 mi | Straight | Continue on James Canyon Dr. | Then Go 4.99 miles |
| 16.25 mi | Straight | James Canyon Dr. becomes Overland Rd. | Then Go 1.64 miles |
| 17.89 mi | Bear Left | Stay left on Overland Rd. | Then Go 2.93 miles |
| 20.82 mi | Turn Left | CO 72/Peak To Peak Hwy. | Then Go 4.31 miles |
| 25.13 mi | Turn Left | Utica St. (following sign for the Post Office) | Then Go 0.66 miles |
| 25.79 mi | Straight | Continue as Utica St. becomes Indian Gulch Rd. | Then Go 1.12 miles |
| 26.91 mi | Straight | Indiana Gulch Rd. becomes Lefthand Canyon Dr. | Then Go 8.93 miles |
| 35.84 mi | Turn Right | Lee Hill Dr. | Then Go 4.38 miles |
| 40.22 mi | Sharp Right | Continue on Lee Hill Dr. | Then Go 1.29 miles |
| 41.51 mi | Turn Right | CO 7/Broadway St. | Then Go 0.94 miles |
| 42.45 mi | Turn Left | Quince Ave. | Then Go 0.03 miles |
| 42.48 mi | Turn Right | Parking lot |