Escape from Alcatraz - Balboa to Kennedy
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| Climb category | Uncategorised |
| Distance | 4.24 km / 2.63 miles |
| Elevation gain | 66 m / 217 ft |
| Average gradient | 1.6% |
| Maximum gradient | 12% |
| Elevation high | 84.6 m / 278 ft |
| Elevation low | 18.2 m / 60 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 6,612.84 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 885,980th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 78,459th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 22,530th out of 66,571 cycling climbs in California. |
⚖ Ranks 457th out of 2,337 cycling climbs in San Francisco. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 16 climbs) in Great Highway. |
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