Benchmark Climb
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | HC – Hors Categorie |
| Distance | 15.27 km / 9.49 miles |
| Elevation gain | 1,052.4 m / 3,453 ft |
| Average gradient | 6.9% |
| Maximum gradient | 34.6% |
| Elevation high | 3,599.1 m / 11,808 ft |
| Elevation low | 2,546.7 m / 8,355 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 105,188.94 |
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| Climb | Length | Gradient | Ascent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vail to Benchmark Overlook Vail, Eagle County | 13.86 km | 6.9% | 951 m |
Vail Outlier Climb Vail, Eagle County | 13.55 km | 6.9% | 940 m |
Vail Village to Game Creek Vail, Eagle County | 10.51 km | 7.9% | 834 m |
Lionsdown climb to eagle's nest Vail, Eagle County | 9.18 km | 6.9% | 633 m |
sandstone road, to top of Buffehr creek trail Vail, Eagle County | 14.24 km | 3.9% | 557 m |
Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 3,388th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 218th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 27th out of 13,296 cycling climbs in Colorado. |
🥈️ This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Eagle County. |
🥇 This is the most difficult cycling climb in Vail. |
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