Mount Lemmon Highway (Catalina Highway)
Hors Catégorie42 km
Distance
2100 m
Elevation Gain
5%
Average Gradient
9%
Max Gradient
The defining climb of American desert cycling and one of the genuinely great road ascents in the United States. The Catalina Highway climbs from the Tucson basin at 730m to the summit of Mount Lemmon at 2,791m — a vertical gain of 2,100m that surpasses many famous Alpine ascents and spans five disti...
Pro Tip
The Summerhaven village at the summit (2,680m) has the Mount Lemmon Cookie Shop — which bakes the most celebrated post-climb cookies in American cycling and opens at 10:00 daily. Plan the ascent for e...
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Cycling in Tucson & Sedona