Fire trail + Switchback Climb

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Yellow Trail, Thornton, Newcastle-Maitland, Maitland City Council, New South Wales, 2322, Australia
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Climb Profile

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45 m55 m60 m70 m0.0% from 0 m to 6 m0.0% from 6 m to 10 m0.0% from 10 m to 15 m14.3% from 15 m to 19 m9.3% from 19 m to 24 m8.2% from 24 m to 29 m8.9% from 29 m to 33 m14.3% from 33 m to 37 m0.0% from 37 m to 43 m10.8% from 43 m to 46 m13.8% from 46 m to 49 m15.4% from 49 m to 52 m12.5% from 52 m to 55 m12.5% from 55 m to 58 m0.0% from 58 m to 61 m0.0% from 61 m to 64 m0.0% from 64 m to 67 m12.9% from 67 m to 70 m11.1% from 70 m to 74 m10.8% from 74 m to 77 m12.5% from 77 m to 81 m12.9% from 81 m to 84 m0.0% from 84 m to 87 m0.0% from 87 m to 90 m0.0% from 90 m to 92 m20.0% from 92 m to 94 m14.3% from 94 m to 97 m15.4% from 97 m to 100 m19.0% from 100 m to 102 m23.5% from 102 m to 104 m0.0% from 104 m to 105 m0.0% from 105 m to 107 m12.5% from 107 m to 111 m28.6% from 111 m to 113 m0.0% from 113 m to 115 m30.8% from 115 m to 116 m15.4% from 116 m to 119 m13.3% from 119 m to 122 m0.0% from 122 m to 125 m0.0% from 125 m to 128 m0.0% from 128 m to 132 m0.0% from 132 m to 136 m0.0% from 136 m to 140 m0.0% from 140 m to 144 m0.0% from 144 m to 147 m0.0% from 147 m to 151 m0.0% from 151 m to 154 m0.0% from 154 m to 156 m0.0% from 156 m to 159 m0.0% from 159 m to 162 m0.0% from 162 m to 167 m0.0% from 167 m to 171 m0.0% from 171 m to 176 m0.0% from 176 m to 181 m0.0% from 181 m to 185 m11.4% from 185 m to 189 m17.6% from 189 m to 192 m11.8% from 192 m to 195 m7.8% from 195 m to 203 m13.3% from 203 m to 206 m14.3% from 206 m to 209 m25.0% from 209 m to 210 m17.4% from 210 m to 213 m21.4% from 213 m to 216 m12.9% from 216 m to 219 m0.0% from 219 m to 221 m0.0% from 221 m to 224 m0.0% from 224 m to 227 m0.0% from 227 m to 230 m0.0% from 230 m to 233 m14.8% from 233 m to 236 m20.0% from 236 m to 238 m18.2% from 238 m to 240 m25.0% from 240 m to 241 m23.5% from 241 m to 243 m0.0% from 243 m to 246 m0.0% from 246 m to 247 m0.0% from 247 m to 249 m22.2% from 249 m to 251 m18.2% from 251 m to 253 m18.2% from 253 m to 255 m18.2% from 255 m to 258 m23.5% from 258 m to 259 m0.0% from 259 m to 262 m0.0% from 262 m to 263 m0.0% from 263 m to 266 m0.0% from 266 m to 268 m12.1% from 268 m to 271 m16.7% from 271 m to 273 m14.3% from 273 m to 276 m0.0% from 276 m to 279 m11.1% from 279 m to 283 m14.8% from 283 m to 285 m8%5%10%0 m100 m200 m
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance0.29 km / 0.18 miles
Elevation gain21.2 m / 70 ft
Average gradient7.4%
Maximum gradient19.8%
Elevation high68.4 m / 224 ft
Elevation low47.2 m / 155 ft
Climb difficulty score2,119.78

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,830,407th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 56,294th most difficult cycling climb of all 97,639 climbs in Australia.

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Places 16,794th out of 28,566 cycling climbs in New South Wales.

Ranks 701st out of 1,288 cycling climbs in Newcastle-Maitland.

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A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 25 climbs) in Thornton.

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