Black Mountain

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Mulligan Highway, Cooktown, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Climb Profile

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70 m95 m125 m150 m1.8% from 0 m to 11 m2.6% from 11 m to 22 m3.5% from 22 m to 34 m2.7% from 34 m to 45 m2.9% from 45 m to 56 m2.6% from 56 m to 67 m9.0% from 67 m to 141 m12.7% from 141 m to 146 m14.8% from 146 m to 157 m12.9% from 157 m to 166 m13.7% from 166 m to 176 m13.2% from 176 m to 186 m13.9% from 186 m to 198 m16.4% from 198 m to 210 m17.2% from 210 m to 219 m17.3% from 219 m to 230 m14.9% from 230 m to 242 m13.3% from 242 m to 252 m15.0% from 252 m to 263 m14.5% from 263 m to 274 m12.8% from 274 m to 285 m14.0% from 285 m to 296 m14.0% from 296 m to 306 m20.0% from 306 m to 317 m15.4% from 317 m to 328 m13.5% from 328 m to 338 m15.9% from 338 m to 349 m13.1% from 349 m to 359 m14.6% from 359 m to 370 m11.8% from 370 m to 380 m11.8% from 380 m to 391 m10.1% from 391 m to 402 m8.9% from 402 m to 412 m8.6% from 412 m to 422 m9.1% from 422 m to 432 m8.3% from 432 m to 443 m8.3% from 443 m to 454 m10.0% from 454 m to 464 m7.6% from 464 m to 474 m6.5% from 474 m to 485 m4.5% from 485 m to 494 m4.7% from 494 m to 503 m8.8% from 503 m to 512 m7.6% from 512 m to 521 m9.3% from 521 m to 531 m11.3% from 531 m to 540 m12.5% from 540 m to 551 m12.4% from 551 m to 561 m14.0% from 561 m to 571 m3.1% from 571 m to 581 m5.0% from 581 m to 591 m3.9% from 591 m to 601 m1.1% from 601 m to 611 m1.0% from 611 m to 620 m2.0% from 620 m to 631 m-4.9% from 631 m to 641 m2.1% from 641 m to 655 m3.4% from 655 m to 664 m6.8% from 664 m to 676 m7.2% from 676 m to 687 m8.4% from 687 m to 699 m5.9% from 699 m to 709 m10.6% from 709 m to 718 m2.6% from 718 m to 726 m0.9% from 726 m to 737 m1.1% from 737 m to 746 m2.8% from 746 m to 757 m1.8% from 757 m to 768 m8.9% from 768 m to 778 m8.3% from 778 m to 789 m7.1% from 789 m to 800 m10.0% from 800 m to 814 m4.8% from 814 m to 824 m4.6% from 824 m to 835 m1.9% from 835 m to 846 m0.9% from 846 m to 856 m-4.7% from 856 m to 867 m-1.8% from 867 m to 878 m-1.9% from 878 m to 889 m0.9% from 889 m to 900 m-0.9% from 900 m to 911 m0.8% from 911 m to 924 m3.4% from 924 m to 936 m4.1% from 936 m to 948 m-1.5% from 948 m to 962 m-8.5% from 962 m to 982 m-6.6% from 982 m to 1000 m-4.2% from 1000 m to 1.0 km-2.6% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-0.6% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-0.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km10%12%6%1%-2%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.08 km / 0.67 miles
Elevation gain68.8 m / 226 ft
Average gradient6.3%
Maximum gradient16.5%
Elevation high147.12 m / 483 ft
Elevation low73.83 m / 242 ft
Climb difficulty score6,875.1

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 858,845th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 21,956th most difficult cycling climb of all 97,639 climbs in Australia.

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Places 3,384th out of 16,668 cycling climbs in Queensland.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Cooktown.

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This is the most difficult cycling climb in Cook Shire.

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