McDowell Riser
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Cat. 3 |
| Distance | 11.93 km / 7.41 miles |
| Elevation gain | 213.2 m / 699 ft |
| Average gradient | 1.8% |
| Maximum gradient | 13% |
| Elevation high | 633.8 m / 2,079 ft |
| Elevation low | 420.6 m / 1,380 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 21,350.94 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 205,214th out of 2,710,648 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 14,090th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,249 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 394th out of 8,953 cycling climbs in Arizona. |
⚖ 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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