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Tower Climb

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Witfontein Middle Contour, George Ward 22, George Local Municipality, George, Western Cape, 6530, South Africa
Cat. 3

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.87 km / 1.78 miles
Elevation gain292 m / 958 ft
Average gradient10%
Maximum gradient23.9%
Elevation high560.7 m / 1,840 ft
Elevation low274.5 m / 901 ft
Climb difficulty score28,722

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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 126,291st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 736th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 407th out of 8,478 cycling climbs in Western Cape.

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Ranks 66th out of 1,379 cycling climbs in George.

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Ranking 36th out of 365 cycling climbs in George Local Municipality.

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