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Otto's Bluff

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Otto's Bluff Road, Woodlands, 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
Distance2.17 km / 1.35 miles
Elevation gain145 m / 476 ft
Average gradient6.3%
Maximum gradient15.2%
Elevation high934.8 m / 3,067 ft
Elevation low796 m / 2,612 ft
Climb difficulty score13,700.61

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 382,224th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 3,135th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 461st out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Ranks 207th out of 1,035 cycling climbs in uMgungundlovu District Municipality.

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Ranking 64th out of 277 cycling climbs in Pietermaritzburg.

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