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Tear Drop Climb

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Mount Hough Road, Quincy Junction, Plumas County, California, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.21 km / 0.75 miles
Elevation gain117.3 m / 385 ft
Average gradient9.7%
Maximum gradient21.1%
Elevation high1,263.9 m / 4,147 ft
Elevation low1,146.6 m / 3,762 ft
Climb difficulty score11,730.21

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 467,237th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 35,605th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 12,228th out of 66,571 cycling climbs in California.

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Ranks 35th out of 76 cycling climbs in Plumas County.

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A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 12 climbs) in Quincy Junction.

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