21.5
PDI
14.7 mi
DISTANCE
3,981 ft
GAINED
5.1 %
AVG. GRADE
FULL CLIMB STATS
Page Contributor(s): Doug Jansen, Durango, CO; Orion Child, Tucson, AZ;
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Orion Child -This climb goes about 6 miles of road, 6 miles of gravel (mostly smooth gravel for most of it) And then the last 5 miles is road. Very doable on even a road bike but just take the gravel slow and careful on the downhill :) Also it's best to only ride Hopkins on the weekends since the observatory workers only work week days.
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whitworks
This is a gravel ride. There are no services and no cell coverage once you climb the first long draw into a canyon. I did it on a Salsa Cutthroat with 2.1 knobbies and still got my molars knocked around on the washboards coming downhill. the pavement sections aren't much better. On the plus side, I had this place completely to myself. 18 miles from the intersection of Mt. Hopkins road and elephant head road to the "Smithsonian gate." This is a real gate. You cannot get past it. 77 at bottom, 62 at top. 3 bottles was enough. It's a bummer that you can see the road swirl around the summit cone but you can't go up there.
aleangel
There is a gate about 4 miles from the top
