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McDowell Riser

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East McDowell Road, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, 85215, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance11.93 km / 7.41 miles
Elevation gain213.2 m / 699 ft
Average gradient1.8%
Maximum gradient13%
Elevation high633.8 m / 2,079 ft
Elevation low420.6 m / 1,380 ft
Climb difficulty score21,350.94

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 205,215th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 14,090th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

📉

Places 394th out of 8,953 cycling climbs in Arizona.

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Ranks 145th out of 5,043 cycling climbs in Maricopa County.

🥈️

This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Mesa.

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