Colfax to Union

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South Platte River Trail, Sun Valley, Denver, Colorado, 80204, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance14.57 km / 9.06 miles
Elevation gain13 m / 43 ft
Average gradient0.1%
Maximum gradient5.2%
Elevation high1,636.56 m / 5,369 ft
Elevation low1,622.47 m / 5,323 ft
Climb difficulty score1,311.57

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 2,186,364th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 256,392nd most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 10,683rd out of 13,296 cycling climbs in Colorado.

Ranks 397th out of 775 cycling climbs in Denver.

Ranking 22nd out of 29 cycling climbs in Sun Valley.

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