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Karkloof climb

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

🥈️

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

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