Cake or Death?
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| Climb category | Category 2 |
| Distance | 8.45 km / 5.25 miles |
| Elevation gain | 554.7 m / 1,820 ft |
| Average gradient | 6.6% |
| Maximum gradient | 46.7% |
| Elevation high | 1,807 m / 5,928 ft |
| Elevation low | 1,250.2 m / 4,102 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 55,439.87 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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First Picnic Spot Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality | 7.43 km | 6.2% | 459 m |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 28,464th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 101st most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa. |
📉 Places 24th out of 1,601 cycling climbs in Mpumalanga. |
⚖ Ranks 24th out of 770 cycling climbs in Ehlanzeni District Municipality. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 269 climbs) in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality. |
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