Bob Cook Memorial Blue Sky Hill Climb
A Denver-area road hill climb up Mount Evans, North America's highest paved road — 27 miles and 6,700 feet of climbing to a 14,130-foot summit.
The vibe
Race to the highest pavement
The Bob Cook Memorial Blue Sky Hill Climb doesn’t waste time with flat miles — it’s 27 miles and 6,700 feet straight up Mount Evans, the highest paved road in North America, topping out at 14,130 feet. Timed a week after the Triple Bypass, it’s built for riders who did that race and decided they hadn’t suffered enough yet.
There’s no descending strategy to think about, no pack tactics — just a long, steady grind through thinning air that gets harder with every switchback. The thin oxygen above treeline will humble riders who haven’t spent real time at altitude, regardless of how strong their legs feel at the start.
Triple Bypass registrants get discounted entry, and organizers explicitly recommend taking the week between events to recover — solid advice for anyone tackling both. Either way, reaching the summit of the highest paved road on the continent is a bragging right that doesn’t wear off.