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Swaarmoed Pass

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Bo Swaarmoed Road, Klondyke Cherry Farm, Witzenberg Ward 12, Witzenberg Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Cat. 2

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Swaarmoed Pass.

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 2
Distance6.64 km / 4.12 miles
Elevation gain411 m / 1,348 ft
Average gradient6.2%
Maximum gradient17.9%
Elevation high1,065.6 m / 3,496 ft
Elevation low654.5 m / 2,147 ft
Climb difficulty score41,078.08

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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 60,817th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 298th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 150th out of 8,478 cycling climbs in Western Cape.

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Ranks 68th out of 2,112 cycling climbs in Cape Winelands District Municipality.

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A local climb of note, this is the 10th most difficult cycling climb (out of 143 climbs) in Witzenberg Local Municipality.

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