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RockDales

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Rockdale Avenue, Berea West, eThekwini Ward 24, Durban, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, 3639, South Africa
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.93 km / 1.82 miles
Elevation gain119.2 m / 391 ft
Average gradient4.1%
Maximum gradient13.1%
Elevation high297.6 m / 976 ft
Elevation low178.4 m / 585 ft
Climb difficulty score11,928.36

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 457,436th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 3,903rd most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 598th out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Ranks 125th out of 1,189 cycling climbs in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

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Ranking 22nd out of 253 cycling climbs in Durban.

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