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Balls Head Ascent

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Western Harbour Tunnel, Waverton, Lower North Shore, Sydney, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, 2060, Australia
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Climb Profile

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20 m35 m55 m70 m-2.4% from 0 m to 9 m-2.9% from 9 m to 15 m-1.4% from 15 m to 29 m1.6% from 29 m to 42 m0.0% from 42 m to 48 m6.8% from 48 m to 53 m1.8% from 53 m to 65 m8.6% from 65 m to 76 m7.4% from 76 m to 87 m10.9% from 87 m to 92 m8.8% from 92 m to 104 m9.8% from 104 m to 110 m9.4% from 110 m to 123 m6.3% from 123 m to 135 m6.2% from 135 m to 142 m6.0% from 142 m to 148 m4.6% from 148 m to 161 m6.5% from 161 m to 168 m9.4% from 168 m to 174 m3.1% from 174 m to 180 m6.0% from 180 m to 194 m2.8% from 194 m to 208 m3.8% from 208 m to 224 m1.5% from 224 m to 292 m0.5% from 292 m to 333 m1.2% from 333 m to 350 m0.6% from 350 m to 382 m0.0% from 382 m to 412 m0.0% from 412 m to 439 m7.4% from 439 m to 444 m3.0% from 444 m to 457 m1.5% from 457 m to 470 m3.0% from 470 m to 484 m1.4% from 484 m to 498 m0.8% from 498 m to 546 m5.6% from 546 m to 553 m2.9% from 553 m to 560 m3.0% from 560 m to 567 m3.3% from 567 m to 579 m0.0% from 579 m to 591 m3.0% from 591 m to 604 m1.4% from 604 m to 619 m5.4% from 619 m to 633 m2.6% from 633 m to 649 m2.7% from 649 m to 664 m1.4% from 664 m to 678 m1.0% from 678 m to 717 m1.0% from 717 m to 738 m0.0% from 738 m to 749 m8.1% from 749 m to 758 m8.8% from 758 m to 765 m10.7% from 765 m to 773 m4.0% from 773 m to 783 m12.0% from 783 m to 788 m9.5% from 788 m to 796 m7.5% from 796 m to 804 m17.1% from 804 m to 808 m10.7% from 808 m to 815 m13.3% from 815 m to 821 m17.2% from 821 m to 827 m15.4% from 827 m to 829 m15.4% from 829 m to 832 m14.8% from 832 m to 837 m19.5% from 837 m to 842 m9.8% from 842 m to 846 m14.6% from 846 m to 850 m5.1% from 850 m to 858 m15.4% from 858 m to 865 m14.0% from 865 m to 870 m13.2% from 870 m to 877 m9.1% from 877 m to 884 m17.6% from 884 m to 887 m12.5% from 887 m to 895 m9.5% from 895 m to 904 m8.7% from 904 m to 911 m11.1% from 911 m to 914 m11.4% from 914 m to 921 m7.8% from 921 m to 929 m6.8% from 929 m to 938 m4.0% from 938 m to 943 m3.6% from 943 m to 948 m2.4% from 948 m to 965 m4.4% from 965 m to 970 m3.1% from 970 m to 983 m2.2% from 983 m to 1.0 km1.5% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km0.8% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-1.6% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km-3.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km4%1%2%9%0%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.16 km / 0.72 miles
Elevation gain40.6 m / 133 ft
Average gradient3.5%
Maximum gradient16.2%
Elevation high66 m / 217 ft
Elevation low24.4 m / 80 ft
Climb difficulty score4,060.27

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,272,369th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 34,608th most difficult cycling climb of all 97,639 climbs in Australia.

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Places 10,085th out of 28,566 cycling climbs in New South Wales.

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Ranks 2,941st out of 12,379 cycling climbs in Sydney.

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A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 24 climbs) in Waverton.

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