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Boulder Mountain North Bike Climb - PJAMM Cycling

12.9
PDI
16.2 mi
DISTANCE
2,925 ft
GAINED
2.9 %
AVG. GRADE
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Page Contributor(s): Bruce Hamilton and Stacy Topping, Midway, UT

INTRO

Boulder Mountain North is a spectacular cycling climb along Scenic Byway 12, offering exceptional views and pristine, smooth pavement. This 16.2-mile ascent gains 2,925 feet to reach an elevation of 9,600 feet, with an average grade of 2.9% (4.3% for climbing sections only). Located just west of Capitol Reef National Park, this ride offers outstanding views of the Park's colorful rock formations throughout the entire climb, making it a must-do for cycling enthusiasts visiting the area.

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Difficulty: Challenging
4.5
Road
4.5
Traffic
4
Scenery

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Jul 23, 2023
difficulty: Challenging
scenery: 4
traffic: 4
road: 5
Jul 23, 2023
scenery: 4
traffic: 4
road: 5
July 21, 2023 A wonderful climb on a great road with light, courteous traffic. Numerous "false" summits before you reach the summit sign 9600ft. This is a long, moderate grind climb with some short decents and gentle climbing sections. Nice scenery and views. 4 cattle guards to cross - all in good shape. There are several campgrounds along the way with water and restrooms. I started the climb in Torrey and biked up through Teasdale (very scenic, adds a few miles and some extra climbing) then joined hwy12 to start the climb.
May 21, 2021
difficulty: Challenging
scenery: 4
traffic: 5
road: 4
May 21, 2021
scenery: 4
traffic: 5
road: 4
Finished this ride early May, 2021. The traffic was light and the road in good shape. The ride completes at a nice viewpoint that overlooks the desert. Some moderately steep sections to the ride but totally manageable. This is a good option for anyone visiting Capitol Reef.
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CLIMB SUMMARY

Cycling Boulder Mountain North

Ride 16.2 miles gaining 2925’ to elevation 9,600’ at 2.9% average grade (4.3% climb only).

This climb on Scenic Byway 12 has exceptional views and is just west of Capitol Reef National Park which is to your left (east) the entire climb.

Climb summary by PJAMM’s Bruce Hamilton.

The Boulder Mountain Summit ride from the north is spectacular. We did it in September and it was particularly nice with the gold aspen trees all along the second half of the ride. The climb officially starts in Grover – about six miles south of Torrey on Highway 12 – but we started our ride in Torrey. The miles between Torrey and Grover were rolling with excellent views of the rock formations of the area and of Capital Reef National Park. The road starts uphill after you leave Grover and the entire climb is beautiful. Pristine perfectly smooth pavement with a wide shoulder for most of it only added to the beauty. Very little traffic on this route and the traffic we encountered was courteous. As we climbed we encountered cows in and along the road (it’s all ‘open range’) and as we got higher the autumn aspen trees were glowing yellow.

The PJAMM profile tool averages chunks that show a relatively low average grade but there are a few steeper bursts within some of the lower sections. Not a difficult climb by PJAMM standards but we did see 9-10% on our devices sometimes.

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It would be easy to combine both the north side and the south side climbs into one ride. We turned back at the top and rode back to Torrey and the perfect pavement made for a fast descent that was really nice. Not sure how this ride would be on a summer weekend but highly recommended for a weekday ascent in spring or fall.

Thank you Stacy and Bruce!!