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Cape Tech to Blockhouse

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Cape Peninsula University of Technology (District Six Campus), Hanover Street, Cape Town Ward 77, Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, 7925, South Africa
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 2
Distance5.22 km / 3.24 miles
Elevation gain424.2 m / 1,392 ft
Average gradient7.8%
Maximum gradient16.5%
Elevation high437 m / 1,434 ft
Elevation low32 m / 105 ft
Climb difficulty score40,733.94

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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 61,970th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 306th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 155th out of 8,478 cycling climbs in Western Cape.

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Ranks 25th out of 3,378 cycling climbs in City of Cape Town.

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A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 1,206 climbs) in Cape Town.

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