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The hard way back

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Cosens Bay Road, Area B (Westside/Swan Lake/Kalamalka Lake), Regional District of North Okanagan, British Columbia, V1B 2L9, Canada
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Climb Profile

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465 m480 m500 m515 m12.5% from 0 m to 2 m14.3% from 2 m to 3 m8.7% from 3 m to 10 m14.8% from 10 m to 13 m11.9% from 13 m to 21 m14.3% from 21 m to 24 m14.3% from 24 m to 25 m8.5% from 25 m to 30 m22.2% from 30 m to 32 m23.5% from 32 m to 33 m11.1% from 33 m to 35 m20.5% from 35 m to 39 m17.2% from 39 m to 45 m15.2% from 45 m to 52 m16.4% from 52 m to 58 m16.9% from 58 m to 64 m11.1% from 64 m to 65 m16.2% from 65 m to 73 m9.8% from 73 m to 79 m14.6% from 79 m to 83 m10.8% from 83 m to 94 m11.2% from 94 m to 103 m11.3% from 103 m to 108 m10.8% from 108 m to 112 m12.9% from 112 m to 121 m18.5% from 121 m to 127 m34.3% from 127 m to 130 m18.5% from 130 m to 136 m29.8% from 136 m to 140 m21.3% from 140 m to 145 m11.8% from 145 m to 147 m26.7% from 147 m to 151 m27.9% from 151 m to 155 m25.0% from 155 m to 161 m27.6% from 161 m to 164 m30.8% from 164 m to 165 m24.0% from 165 m to 170 m23.1% from 170 m to 173 m14.3% from 173 m to 176 m24.1% from 176 m to 181 m14.0% from 181 m to 186 m30.8% from 186 m to 187 m15.4% from 187 m to 188 m10.9% from 188 m to 194 m15.4% from 194 m to 196 m5.9% from 196 m to 200 m46.2% from 200 m to 201 m13.8% from 201 m to 204 m12.1% from 204 m to 207 m13.6% from 207 m to 212 m0.0% from 212 m to 214 m15.4% from 214 m to 218 m14.6% from 218 m to 222 m13.1% from 222 m to 228 m13.3% from 228 m to 229 m20.8% from 229 m to 234 m0.0% from 234 m to 236 m25.0% from 236 m to 239 m11.8% from 239 m to 241 m14.3% from 241 m to 250 m11.8% from 250 m to 251 m22.7% from 251 m to 256 m11.6% from 256 m to 263 m9.5% from 263 m to 267 m6.6% from 267 m to 273 m20.0% from 273 m to 277 m8.4% from 277 m to 286 m4.4% from 286 m to 291 m14%19%13%0 m100 m200 m
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance0.29 km / 0.18 miles
Elevation gain45 m / 148 ft
Average gradient15.5%
Maximum gradient27%
Elevation high512.4 m / 1,681 ft
Elevation low467.4 m / 1,533 ft
Climb difficulty score4,507.4

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,184,007th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 17,359th most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada.

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Places 8,189th out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia.

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Ranks 252nd out of 442 cycling climbs in Regional District of North Okanagan.

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Ranking 36th out of 64 cycling climbs in Area B (Westside/Swan Lake/Kalamalka Lake).

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