Biking Vail Pass

Smiling Faces, Spectacular Scenery, Thrilling Run

Vail Pass is on the boundary of Eagle and Summit counties.  The resort towns of Vail (West side) and Copper Mountain (East side) are potential destinations, depending on your direction of travel.  A popular tourist activity is to catch a lift to the top of the pass and then barrel down to one of the towns.  For those from the flat lands, it is a lot easier to go down one of the slopes than to pedal up.  We did both!

Cycle The Summit

We rode the Mountain Wave, a private limo ride from the town of Breckenridge where we were staying for a few nights.  For a meager $25 bucks we got a lift to the top of Vail Pass.  The folks at Mountain Wave will pick you up in Frisco if you don't want to ride all the way back to Breckenridge.  Other tour companies are based in Frisco, Silverthorne and Vail so you can take the route from East or West, depending on where your base is.