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PV Switchbacks turn to Top of Crest

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31534, Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, 90275, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance5.57 km / 3.46 miles
Elevation gain291.4 m / 956 ft
Average gradient5.2%
Maximum gradient9.6%
Elevation high418.67 m / 1,374 ft
Elevation low126.04 m / 414 ft
Climb difficulty score29,112.8

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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 123,299th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 8,110th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 3,294th out of 66,571 cycling climbs in California.

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Ranks 31st out of 328 cycling climbs in Rancho Palos Verdes.

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A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 33 climbs) in Palos Verdes Drive East.

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