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3rd 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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415 m455 m490 m530 m15.4% from 0 m to 1 m5.9% from 1 m to 5 m8.3% from 5 m to 7 m24.0% from 7 m to 10 m-7.1% from 10 m to 12 m-7.7% from 12 m to 15 m35.7% from 15 m to 18 m20.0% from 18 m to 20 m0.0% from 20 m to 22 m25.0% from 22 m to 24 m11.8% from 24 m to 26 m0.0% from 26 m to 27 m0.0% from 27 m to 29 m28.6% from 29 m to 30 m8.3% from 30 m to 33 m0.0% from 33 m to 35 m16.7% from 35 m to 38 m47.1% from 38 m to 39 m25.0% from 39 m to 41 m4.7% from 41 m to 45 m13.3% from 45 m to 48 m38.1% from 48 m to 50 m0.0% from 50 m to 52 m0.0% from 52 m to 54 m13.3% from 54 m to 56 m6.2% from 56 m to 59 m7.7% from 59 m to 61 m5.3% from 61 m to 65 m8.0% from 65 m to 68 m7.4% from 68 m to 70 m19.0% from 70 m to 73 m4.1% from 73 m to 77 m6.1% from 77 m to 81 m10.3% from 81 m to 85 m25.0% from 85 m to 87 m7.0% from 87 m to 93 m0.0% from 93 m to 96 m0.0% from 96 m to 102 m22.2% from 102 m to 105 m11.1% from 105 m to 108 m-8.7% from 108 m to 111 m0.0% from 111 m to 115 m8.0% from 115 m to 118 m12.2% 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.4 km / 0.87 miles
Elevation gain124 m / 407 ft
Average gradient8%
Maximum gradient24.8%
Elevation high527.4 m / 1,730 ft
Elevation low415 m / 1,362 ft
Climb difficulty score11,180

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 496,586th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 5,517th most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada.

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Places 3,335th out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia.

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Ranks 787th out of 6,748 cycling climbs in Metro Vancouver Regional District.

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Ranking 92nd out of 234 cycling climbs in District of North Vancouver.

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