2nd Switchback to Expresso

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Grouse Mountain Highway, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V7K 1L5, Canada
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of 2nd Switchback to Expresso.

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.07 km / 1.29 miles
Elevation gain167.8 m / 551 ft
Average gradient7.3%
Maximum gradient26.9%
Elevation high525.4 m / 1,724 ft
Elevation low374.4 m / 1,228 ft
Climb difficulty score15,117.57

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This climb ranks 335,592nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 3,244th most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada.

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Places 2,210th out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia.

Ranks 558th out of 6,748 cycling climbs in Metro Vancouver Regional District.

Ranking 73rd out of 234 cycling climbs in District of North Vancouver.

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