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Horseshoe climb

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Buffalo City Ward 26, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.97 km / 1.23 miles
Elevation gain107.9 m / 354 ft
Average gradient5.5%
Maximum gradient18.8%
Elevation high361.2 m / 1,185 ft
Elevation low253.3 m / 831 ft
Climb difficulty score10,790.12

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 519,294th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 4,533rd most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

📉

Places 359th out of 1,857 cycling climbs in Eastern Cape.

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Ranks 29th out of 400 cycling climbs in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.

🥈️

This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Buffalo City Ward 26.

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