Pillars to 2nd switchbacks
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 5.63 km / 3.50 miles |
| Elevation gain | 311.8 m / 1,023 ft |
| Average gradient | 5.5% |
| Maximum gradient | 9% |
| Elevation high | 2,149.8 m / 7,053 ft |
| Elevation low | 1,838 m / 6,030 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 30,984.25 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 110,008th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 7,161st most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 950th out of 13,296 cycling climbs in Colorado. |
⚖ Ranks 177th out of 2,019 cycling climbs in Jefferson County. |
⚖ Ranking 93rd out of 381 cycling climbs in Golden. |
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