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Karkloof climb

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P141, uMshwathi Ward 1, uMshwathi Local Municipality, uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Cat. 2

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Karkloof climb.

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km5.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.7% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km7.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km5.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km5.5% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km8.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km9.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km10.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km9.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km9.8% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km10.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km12.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km9.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km9.7% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km6.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km8.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km12.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km16.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km15.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km15.5% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km13.1% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km12.1% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km10.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km12.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km9.2% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km7.2% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km5.8% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km12.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km8.0% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km10.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km12.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km6.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km12.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km17.2% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km11.7% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km10.3% from 1.9 km 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Climb Stats

Combined metric and imperial stats for quick route planning.

Climb categoryCategory 2
Distance7.04 km / 4.38 miles
Elevation gain373.8 m / 1,226 ft
Average gradient5.3%
Maximum gradient24.9%
Elevation high1,503.4 m / 4,932 ft
Elevation low1,128.1 m / 3,701 ft
Climb difficulty score37,397.27

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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 75,103rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 386th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

📉

Places 65th out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Ranks 37th out of 1,035 cycling climbs in uMgungundlovu District Municipality.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in uMshwathi Local Municipality.

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