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First Switchback

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Old Sicamous Road, Grindrod, Area F (Grindrod/Ashton Creek/Mabel Lake), Regional District of North Okanagan, British Columbia, V0E 1Y0, Canada
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Climb Profile

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365 m415 m465 m515 m10.7% from 0 m to 6 m11.5% from 6 m to 11 m7.1% from 11 m to 16 m12.5% from 16 m to 21 m0.0% from 21 m to 36 m4.1% from 36 m to 46 m8.7% from 46 m to 50 m9.1% from 50 m to 55 m8.7% from 55 m to 59 m10.3% from 59 m to 63 m0.0% from 63 m to 72 m3.4% from 72 m to 83 m12.5% from 83 m to 87 m15.8% from 87 m to 90 m10.3% from 90 m to 94 m10.0% from 94 m to 98 m0.0% from 98 m to 105 m5.8% from 105 m to 112 m11.4% from 112 m to 116 m10.8% from 116 m to 119 m11.8% from 119 m to 123 m5.7% from 123 m to 130 m0.0% from 130 m to 133 m3.1% from 133 m to 146 m6.2% from 146 m to 152 m17.6% from 152 m to 156 m11.8% from 156 m to 159 m11.4% from 159 m to 163 m0.0% from 163 m to 166 m2.3% from 166 m to 183 m11.8% from 183 m to 186 m12.9% from 186 m to 190 m12.5% from 190 m to 193 m12.5% from 193 m to 196 m3.6% from 196 m to 213 m10.8% from 213 m to 217 m11.4% from 217 m to 220 m11.4% from 220 m to 224 m11.1% from 224 m to 227 m2.0% from 227 m to 248 m12.5% from 248 m to 251 m12.1% 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.2 km / 1.36 miles
Elevation gain145.4 m / 477 ft
Average gradient6.6%
Maximum gradient15.4%
Elevation high514.2 m / 1,687 ft
Elevation low368.8 m / 1,210 ft
Climb difficulty score14,496.24

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

🗺

This climb ranks 354,945th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 3,498th most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada.

📉

Places 2,353rd out of 17,548 cycling climbs in British Columbia.

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Ranks 69th out of 442 cycling climbs in Regional District of North Okanagan.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 18 climbs) in Area F (Grindrod/Ashton Creek/Mabel Lake).

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