the switchback
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Uncategorised |
| Distance | 1.75 km / 1.09 miles |
| Elevation gain | 77.2 m / 253 ft |
| Average gradient | 1.7% |
| Maximum gradient | 27.1% |
| Elevation high | 250.3 m / 821 ft |
| Elevation low | 185.9 m / 610 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 2,978.23 |
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Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 1,541,524th out of 2,710,648 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 154,870th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,743 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 118,340th out of 268,496 cycling climbs in England. |
⚖ Ranks 3,432nd out of 6,113 cycling climbs in Somerset. |
⚖ Ranking 76th out of 105 cycling climbs in Over Stowey. |
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