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Old Howick Rd Climb

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Craigie Drive, Town Bush Valley, Msunduzi Ward 25, Pietermaritzburg, Msunduzi Local Municipality, uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, 3201, South Africa
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.85 km / 1.15 miles
Elevation gain143.4 m / 470 ft
Average gradient7.8%
Maximum gradient22.1%
Elevation high949.6 m / 3,115 ft
Elevation low806.2 m / 2,645 ft
Climb difficulty score14,345.25

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 359,835th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 2,881st most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 429th out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Ranks 190th out of 1,035 cycling climbs in uMgungundlovu District Municipality.

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Ranking 58th out of 277 cycling climbs in Pietermaritzburg.

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