Tar to Hout Bay Lookout

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Hoerikwaggo Trail, Cape Town Ward 71, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, 7848, South Africa

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance1.77 km / 1.10 miles
Elevation gain188 m / 617 ft
Average gradient10.6%
Maximum gradient15.4%
Elevation high570.4 m / 1,871 ft
Elevation low382.4 m / 1,255 ft
Climb difficulty score18,796.19

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 247,741st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 1,832nd most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 982nd out of 8,478 cycling climbs in Western Cape.

Ranks 348th out of 3,378 cycling climbs in City of Cape Town.

Ranking 33rd out of 114 cycling climbs in Cape Town Ward 71.

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