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Tower to Top

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Gold Hill Grade, San Rafael, Marin County, California, 94901, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.71 km / 1.06 miles
Elevation gain158.4 m / 520 ft
Average gradient9.3%
Maximum gradient33.3%
Elevation high309.8 m / 1,016 ft
Elevation low148.4 m / 487 ft
Climb difficulty score15,839.1

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 315,259th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 22,663rd most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 8,506th out of 66,571 cycling climbs in California.

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Ranks 508th out of 2,439 cycling climbs in Marin County.

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Ranking 44th out of 416 cycling climbs in San Rafael.

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