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Mkusi Rd Climb

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P259, eThekwini Ward 8, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, 3652, South Africa
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Climb Profile

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255 m390 m520 m655 m6.3% from 0 m to 22 m9.2% from 22 m to 43 m9.7% from 43 m to 63 m10.3% from 63 m to 84 m8.7% from 84 m to 102 m9.8% from 102 m to 122 m11.5% from 122 m to 145 m9.7% from 145 m to 173 m8.7% from 173 m to 197 m10.0% from 197 m to 225 m9.8% from 225 m to 255 m10.1% from 255 m to 283 m10.6% from 283 m to 303 m9.3% from 303 m to 321 m9.9% from 321 m to 344 m8.6% from 344 m to 368 m9.4% from 368 m to 387 m9.6% from 387 m to 410 m9.5% from 410 m to 431 m8.1% from 431 m to 449 m8.9% from 449 m to 470 m9.8% from 470 m to 490 m9.2% from 490 m to 503 m8.1% from 503 m to 525 m7.1% from 525 m to 543 m7.5% from 543 m to 566 m5.3% from 566 m to 587 m7.6% from 587 m to 608 m7.4% from 608 m to 627 m8.5% from 627 m to 648 m5.9% from 648 m to 673 m6.5% from 673 m to 701 m6.8% from 701 m to 717 m6.8% from 717 m to 741 m5.4% from 741 m to 761 m7.2% from 761 m to 784 m4.6% from 784 m to 801 m8.3% from 801 m to 819 m11.6% from 819 m to 841 m8.0% from 841 m to 858 m10.6% from 858 m to 877 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Climb Stats

Combined metric and imperial stats for quick route planning.

Climb categoryCategory 2
Distance4.28 km / 2.66 miles
Elevation gain397.5 m / 1,304 ft
Average gradient9.3%
Maximum gradient17.4%
Elevation high653.7 m / 2,145 ft
Elevation low256.2 m / 841 ft
Climb difficulty score39,751.91

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 65,564th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 325th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

📉

Places 51st out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal.

🏵️

Get your legs ready, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 1,189 climbs) in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 9 climbs) in eThekwini Ward 8.

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