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The Black Bus Climb

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West MacDonell MTB Track, Ciccone, Larapinta, Nyewente, Town of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0871, Australia
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.61 km / 1.00 miles
Elevation gain41.3 m / 135 ft
Average gradient2.6%
Maximum gradient16.8%
Elevation high672.7 m / 2,207 ft
Elevation low625.8 m / 2,053 ft
Climb difficulty score4,126.21

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,258,257th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 34,155th most difficult cycling climb of all 97,639 climbs in Australia.

📉

Places 22nd out of 545 cycling climbs in Northern Territory.

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Ranks 14th out of 124 cycling climbs in Town of Alice Springs.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Larapinta.

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