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Clear Creek to Golden Switchback

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Clear Creek Trail, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, 80033, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance10.56 km / 6.56 miles
Elevation gain99.6 m / 327 ft
Average gradient0.9%
Maximum gradient7.4%
Elevation high1,755.2 m / 5,759 ft
Elevation low1,647.2 m / 5,404 ft
Climb difficulty score9,927.53

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 576,113th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 45,840th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 3,408th out of 13,296 cycling climbs in Colorado.

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Ranks 592nd out of 2,019 cycling climbs in Jefferson County.

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A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 90 climbs) in Wheat Ridge.

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