Great Hwy. & Balboa St. to Arguello Gate
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| Climb category | Category 4 |
| Distance | 8.97 km / 5.57 miles |
| Elevation gain | 85.6 m / 281 ft |
| Average gradient | 1% |
| Maximum gradient | 19.4% |
| Elevation high | 97.6 m / 320 ft |
| Elevation low | -7.8 m / -26 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 8,523.4 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 697,205th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 57,921st most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 17,771st out of 66,571 cycling climbs in California. |
⚖ Ranks 281st out of 2,337 cycling climbs in San Francisco. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 16 climbs) in Great Highway. |
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