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Dempsey to 4th Switchback

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Mountain Highway, Lynn Valley, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V7K 1L5, Canada
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Climb Profile

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205 m320 m440 m555 m15.4% from 0 m to 14 m14.5% from 14 m to 21 m11.6% from 21 m to 34 m11.2% from 34 m to 43 m10.8% from 43 m to 55 m9.4% from 55 m to 64 m11.4% from 64 m to 71 m13.8% from 71 m to 80 m12.9% from 80 m to 90 m13.9% from 90 m to 98 m11.3% from 98 m to 106 m12.2% from 106 m to 114 m12.7% from 114 m to 121 m12.5% from 121 m to 129 m11.9% from 129 m to 135 m12.1% from 135 m to 145 m11.3% from 145 m to 158 m13.0% from 158 m to 168 m11.6% from 168 m to 177 m14.4% from 177 m to 189 m14.9% from 189 m to 198 m12.4% from 198 m to 207 m12.4% from 207 m to 216 m13.6% from 216 m to 224 m13.9% from 224 m to 231 m16.9% from 231 m to 239 m17.6% from 239 m to 246 m17.6% from 246 m to 253 m16.7% from 253 m to 263 m15.6% from 263 m to 273 m16.5% from 273 m to 280 m18.6% from 280 m to 287 m16.7% from 287 m to 295 m16.0% from 295 m to 305 m16.8% from 305 m to 317 m18.3% from 317 m to 327 m14.8% from 327 m to 339 m10.0% from 339 m to 349 m10.5% from 349 m to 358 m12.4% from 358 m to 368 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 2
Distance3.82 km / 2.38 miles
Elevation gain348.8 m / 1,144 ft
Average gradient9.1%
Maximum gradient27.5%
Elevation high554.59 m / 1,820 ft
Elevation low205.77 m / 675 ft
Climb difficulty score34,875.79

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 87,194th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 629th most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada.

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Places 540th out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia.

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Ranks 161st out of 6,748 cycling climbs in Metro Vancouver Regional District.

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A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 109 climbs) in Lynn Valley.

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