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Alverstone Ascent

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Old Main Road, Botha's Hill, eThekwini Ward 8, Hillcrest, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, 3670, South Africa
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Climb Profile

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710 m755 m805 m850 m-3.0% from 0 m to 47 m5.3% from 47 m to 103 m3.9% from 103 m to 149 m7.2% from 149 m to 211 m11.8% from 211 m to 260 m2.3% from 260 m to 308 m-0.2% from 308 m to 348 m12.2% from 348 m to 379 m23.3% from 379 m to 405 m22.7% from 405 m to 427 m17.7% from 427 m to 442 m20.2% from 442 m to 460 m13.5% from 460 m to 471 m16.7% from 471 m to 505 m14.1% from 505 m to 534 m-0.3% from 534 m to 567 m-2.4% from 567 m to 597 m-1.5% from 597 m to 631 m0.9% from 631 m to 654 m2.8% from 654 m to 682 m2.3% from 682 m to 704 m1.8% from 704 m to 732 m1.9% from 732 m to 763 m2.7% from 763 m to 796 m-2.7% from 796 m to 833 m-4.8% from 833 m to 874 m-6.9% from 874 m to 912 m-4.3% from 912 m to 924 m-3.7% from 924 m to 961 m3.6% from 961 m to 967 m2.8% from 967 m to 992 m1.3% from 992 m to 1.0 km3.4% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km4.4% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km5.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km6.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km1.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-1.5% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km-4.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-6.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-6.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km2.2% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km5.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km9.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km11.2% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km12.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km12.6% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km13.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km10.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km10.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km12.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km14.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km16.0% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km14.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km9.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km9.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km16.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km15.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km11.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km7.7% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km-0.6% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km4.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km6.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km5.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3.5% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.7% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km3.7% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km0.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km6.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km7.5% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km6.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km6.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km10.1% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km15.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km15.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km18.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km17.6% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km7.9% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km7.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km9.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km3.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km1.1% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km1.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km6.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km7.6% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km9.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km0.4% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km-0.4% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km1.1% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km1.7% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km1.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km3.1% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km4.7% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km0.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-2.0% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-1.3% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km0.0% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-1.6% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-2.7% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-0.4% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km-0.6% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-3.3% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km1.0% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km4.1% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km7.7% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km2.8% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km4.1% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km6.9% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km4.8% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-3.3% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km-5.7% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km8%0%6%8%3%1%0 m500 m1 km1.5 km2 km2.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.99 km / 1.86 miles
Elevation gain130.7 m / 429 ft
Average gradient4.4%
Maximum gradient21.4%
Elevation high845.5 m / 2,774 ft
Elevation low710.2 m / 2,330 ft
Climb difficulty score13,071.11

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 406,460th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 3,363rd most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 502nd out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Ranks 98th out of 1,189 cycling climbs in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

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A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 81 climbs) in Hillcrest.

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