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Quincy to Smokey Hill

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High Plains Trail, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance4.1 km / 2.55 miles
Elevation gain80.4 m / 264 ft
Average gradient2%
Maximum gradient8.6%
Elevation high1,854.8 m / 6,085 ft
Elevation low1,774.3 m / 5,821 ft
Climb difficulty score8,043.64

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 754,424th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 64,272nd most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

📉

Places 4,219th out of 13,296 cycling climbs in Colorado.

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Ranks 44th out of 904 cycling climbs in Arapahoe County.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 323 climbs) in Aurora.

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