North Table Mountain Professional Review and Guide

"Short, powerful, physically intense. I’m either describing Glen Danzig or this North Table Mountain off-road outing.

Five hundred feet in a half-mile. That’s what happens to riders on this counterclockwise North Table Mountain loop, right out of the gate. The math on that is pretty fierce. The introductory slope hovers right around 20 percent, and rolling speed is unlikely to top 3 or 4 miles per hour. If you’re like many of those who find themselves on North Table, you haven’t had a real workout in quite some time, and you’re in for a harsh wake-up call. But that may be just Classic Jefferson county singletrack, as wide as a suburban sidewalk what you’re looking for. Tending toward bone-dryness in midwinter, North Table Mountain provides a wonderful landscape for blasting yourself out of an off-season slumber."

--Robert Hurst, Best Bike Rides Denver and Boulder (Falcon Guides).