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Empress Access Road Climb

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Empire Access Road, Cobble Hill, Area C (Cobble Hill), Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia, V0R 1L5, Canada
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.21 km / 0.75 miles
Elevation gain129.9 m / 426 ft
Average gradient10.7%
Maximum gradient21.1%
Elevation high253 m / 830 ft
Elevation low123.1 m / 404 ft
Climb difficulty score12,990.16

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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 409,736th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 4,273rd most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada.

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Places 2,734th out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia.

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Ranks 81st out of 351 cycling climbs in Cowichan Valley Regional District.

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A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 29 climbs) in Area C (Cobble Hill).

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