The Grinder
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 3.72 km / 2.31 miles |
| Elevation gain | 218.4 m / 717 ft |
| Average gradient | 5.9% |
| Maximum gradient | 23.3% |
| Elevation high | 834 m / 2,736 ft |
| Elevation low | 598.2 m / 1,963 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 21,850.49 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 198,028th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 1,672nd most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada. |
📉 Places 1,305th out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia. |
⚖ Ranks 78th out of 858 cycling climbs in Regional District of Central Okanagan. |
⚖ Ranking 40th out of 509 cycling climbs in Kelowna. |
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