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Old South Head backdoor

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Rickard Avenue, Six Ways, Bondi Beach, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, Waverley Council, New South Wales, 2026, Australia
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.56 km / 0.97 miles
Elevation gain51.8 m / 170 ft
Average gradient3.3%
Maximum gradient18.8%
Elevation high95.9 m / 315 ft
Elevation low44.1 m / 145 ft
Climb difficulty score5,172.21

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,072,224th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 28,288th most difficult cycling climb of all 97,639 climbs in Australia.

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Places 8,203rd out of 28,566 cycling climbs in New South Wales.

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Ranks 2,235th out of 12,379 cycling climbs in Sydney.

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Ranking 15th out of 37 cycling climbs in Bondi Beach.

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