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County Road 343 Climb

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15173, CR 306, Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, 81211, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance6.48 km / 4.03 miles
Elevation gain213 m / 699 ft
Average gradient3.3%
Maximum gradient44.4%
Elevation high2,559.2 m / 8,396 ft
Elevation low2,346.2 m / 7,698 ft
Climb difficulty score21,319.53

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 205,666th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 14,128th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 1,547th out of 13,296 cycling climbs in Colorado.

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Ranks 19th out of 105 cycling climbs in Chaffee County.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 17 climbs) in Buena Vista.

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