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Powersauce

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Gatekeeper (Lower), Area C (Arrowsmith-Benson), Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 5P4, Canada
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.17 km / 0.73 miles
Elevation gain90.2 m / 296 ft
Average gradient7.7%
Maximum gradient21%
Elevation high297.8 m / 977 ft
Elevation low207.6 m / 681 ft
Climb difficulty score9,014.64

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 649,532nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 7,917th most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada.

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Places 4,423rd out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia.

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Ranks 106th out of 610 cycling climbs in Regional District of Nanaimo.

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Ranking 45th out of 187 cycling climbs in Area C (Arrowsmith-Benson).

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