The ironhorse leads to needles
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Uncategorised |
| Distance | 5.34 km / 3.32 miles |
| Elevation gain | 48.4 m / 159 ft |
| Average gradient | 0.9% |
| Maximum gradient | 48.5% |
| Elevation high | 372.2 m / 1,221 ft |
| Elevation low | 322.5 m / 1,058 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 4,863.4 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Victoria - King to Ira Needles Kitchener, Region of Waterloo | 5.19 km | 0.8% | 40 m |
The trails leading to the trails Kitchener, Region of Waterloo | 4.63 km | 0.9% | 39 m |
Ottawa - Westmount to Trussler Kitchener, Region of Waterloo | 3.84 km | 1% | 37 m |
Bridge St E from Stanley Kitchener, Region of Waterloo | 3.11 km | 0.9% | 40 m |
Ottawa - Howland to Trussler Kitchener, Region of Waterloo | 4.21 km | 0.7% | 30 m |
Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 1,121,488th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 16,130th most difficult cycling climb of all 55,671 climbs in Canada. |
📉 Places 2,454th out of 18,309 cycling climbs in Ontario. |
⚖ Ranks 20th out of 1,147 cycling climbs in Region of Waterloo. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 342 climbs) in Kitchener. |
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