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The back way up

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Light Street, Bar Beach, Newcastle, Newcastle-Maitland, Newcastle City Council, New South Wales, 2300, Australia
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Climb Profile

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20 m35 m55 m70 m4.3% from 0 m to 63 m8.7% from 63 m to 127 m10.0% from 127 m to 191 m8.6% from 191 m to 251 m7.9% from 251 m to 287 m6.6% from 287 m to 350 m1.6% from 350 m to 388 m-1.4% from 388 m to 452 m-15.6% from 452 m to 514 m-14.6% from 514 m to 537 m1.6% from 537 m to 556 m10.0% from 556 m to 580 m16.8% from 580 m to 612 m19.1% from 612 m to 671 m4.5% from 671 m to 735 m2.3% from 735 m to 757 m10.3% from 757 m to 818 m8%-0%7%9%0 m250 m500 m750 m
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance0.82 km / 0.51 miles
Elevation gain42.4 m / 139 ft
Average gradient5.2%
Maximum gradient9.1%
Elevation high65.4 m / 215 ft
Elevation low23 m / 75 ft
Climb difficulty score4,238.79

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 1,236,087th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 33,428th most difficult cycling climb of all 97,639 climbs in Australia.

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Places 9,751st out of 28,566 cycling climbs in New South Wales.

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Ranks 181st out of 603 cycling climbs in Newcastle.

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A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 17 climbs) in Bar Beach.

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