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Alberts to Water Tower

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8th Street, Greymont, 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 km / 1.87 miles
Elevation gain153.1 m / 502 ft
Average gradient3.8%
Maximum gradient20.8%
Elevation high1,792.4 m / 5,881 ft
Elevation low1,676.9 m / 5,502 ft
Climb difficulty score11,415.96

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 483,635th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 4,166th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 497th out of 8,872 cycling climbs in Gauteng.

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Ranks 210th out of 3,287 cycling climbs in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

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Ranking 89th out of 978 cycling climbs in Johannesburg.

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