Originally Posted by
acidfast7
I've done a fair bit of cycling in Denver, actually more the Boulder area, as I worked at UC for a while.
What other side of the hill? West Coast? I actually cycled up the highest continuous mountain road on the planet a (long) while back (or so as it was advertised):

Haleakala? 10023' from ocean to the top. I tried but it was too much for my 58 year old legs. But that only means I have to try again at 60!