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Heartbreak Hill

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uMshwathi Ward 1, uMshwathi Local Municipality, uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Heartbreak Hill.

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km8.1% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km8.1% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km8.3% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km6.8% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km8.5% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km10.1% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km9.7% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km9.2% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km9.0% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km12.5% from 3.0 km to 3.1 km9.7% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km13.0% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km29.4% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km28.6% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km42.1% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km2.7% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km6.5% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km6.7% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km6.0% from 3.1 km to 3.2 km3.6% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km4.1% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km6.7% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km3.9% from 3.2 km to 3.3 km1.2% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km0.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km0.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km-1.1% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km-3.3% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km-6.9% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km-1.4% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km0.3% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km0.0% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km1.7% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km0.0% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km2.0% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km0.0% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km2.7% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km7.4% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km0.0% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km2.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km2.0% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km3.4% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km5.3% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km6.0% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km6.2% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km2.3% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km2.3% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km3.2% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km13.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km13.9% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km57.1% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km4.7% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km0.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km-33.3% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km-33.3% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km0.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km0.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km7%0%3%3%0 m1 km2 km3 km4 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance4 km / 2.49 miles
Elevation gain137.2 m / 450 ft
Average gradient3.4%
Maximum gradient21.9%
Elevation high980.2 m / 3,216 ft
Elevation low842.4 m / 2,764 ft
Climb difficulty score13,729.26

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 381,186th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 3,123rd most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 459th out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Ranks 206th out of 1,035 cycling climbs in uMgungundlovu District Municipality.

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Ranking 23rd out of 70 cycling climbs in uMshwathi Local Municipality.

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