The Hard Way Up
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| Climb category | HC – Hors Categorie |
| Distance | 12.05 km / 7.48 miles |
| Elevation gain | 836.8 m / 2,745 ft |
| Average gradient | 7% |
| Maximum gradient | 21.8% |
| Elevation high | 844 m / 2,769 ft |
| Elevation low | 7.2 m / 24 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 83,714.14 |
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Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 8,098th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 60th most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada. |
📉 Places 59th out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia. |
⚖ Ranks 23rd out of 6,748 cycling climbs in Metro Vancouver Regional District. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 500 climbs) in West Vancouver. |
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