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Up Desert Mountain

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North Desert Mountain Parkway, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, 85262, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance5.55 km / 3.45 miles
Elevation gain155.3 m / 510 ft
Average gradient2.8%
Maximum gradient8.1%
Elevation high990.9 m / 3,251 ft
Elevation low835.4 m / 2,741 ft
Climb difficulty score15,546.16

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 323,232nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 23,337th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 668th out of 8,953 cycling climbs in Arizona.

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Ranks 260th out of 5,043 cycling climbs in Maricopa County.

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Ranking 99th out of 1,293 cycling climbs in Scottsdale.

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