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5th Street up to Water Tower Northcliff Hill

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7th Street, Albertskroon, Johannesburg Ward 86, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, 2001, South Africa
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance3.16 km / 1.96 miles
Elevation gain143 m / 469 ft
Average gradient4.5%
Maximum gradient15.8%
Elevation high1,764.4 m / 5,789 ft
Elevation low1,619.4 m / 5,313 ft
Climb difficulty score14,288.17

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 361,732nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 2,900th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 267th out of 8,872 cycling climbs in Gauteng.

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Ranks 98th out of 3,287 cycling climbs in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

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Ranking 45th out of 978 cycling climbs in Johannesburg.

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