Davos Hill Climb

Day 2 of cycling took us just across I-70 to try the Davos Hill Climb, supposedly a "classic Vail ride". Here's the elevation chart. About 1000ft of climbing in 3.5 miles or so, then you turn around and ride back down the hill.

Technically, this was a very easy ride, it was all a wide dirt road. All you had to do was climb. But for a couple of Michiganders, this was a lot of climbing. For reference, here's a link to an elevation chart someone made of a trail a few miles from my house. Notice that the longest single climb is less than 100ft.

Sarah was a trooper to go on this little sufferfest of a ride with me. A woman that passed us said that this was the "hottest ride in Vail". Here is Sarah, gutting out a typical stretch.

I kept saying, "We must be getting there, just another half mile." (Note the smile on Sarah's face; this must have been early in the ride.)

Nice view from the top of the hill.

Victory photo at the top. Just an easy cruise back down the hill was all that was left.

Even though this was kind of a tough ride for a vacation, it was something that I really wanted to do. You just don't get the opportunity to climb hills like this in Michigan. If we go back, I found a road ride I want to do too, from the village of Vail to the summit of Vail Pass. We could see parts of the route from the freeway, it looked awesome. It's about 2300ft of climbing (with the summit at 10500ft!) in 15 miles, pretty much all uphill, all the time.